title: Use of plasma for immediate diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (plasma-erythrocyte unsaturated fatty acid test): comparison with the erythrocyte-unsaturated fatty acid (E-UFA) test.
abstract: A labile factor in plasma (but not serum) of MS subjects confers MS like properties vis à vis effect of linoleic acid (LA) and arachidonic acid (AA), on the electrophoretic mobility of washed red blood cells (RBC) irrespective of their provenance. Plasma from anomalous MS relatives and other neurological diseases (OND) likewise confer corresponding properties on washed RBC. The magnitude of results produced by LA and AA on plasma coated cells is equal to that produced by LA and AA directly on the original cells and approximately twice that reported with latex particles.
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Field
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Joyce
mesh_terms: D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D001095:Arachidonic Acids / Q000097:blood; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000032:analysis; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / Q000097:blood*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019787:Linoleic Acid; D008041:Linoleic Acids / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D001095:Arachidonic Acids; D005231:Fatty Acids, Unsaturated; D008041:Linoleic Acids; D016718:Arachidonic Acid; D019787:Linoleic Acid