title: Absence of beta-globulin band in the serum protein electropherogram of a patient with liver disease.
abstract: Agarose-gel electrophoresis of serum of a 72-year-old woman with liver cirrhosis showed virtually no beta-globulins two weeks before the patient's death. There was marked decrease in the concentrations of transferrin, beta-lipoproteins, hemopexin, complement component C3, beta-glycoprotein I, and cholesterol in serum. Absence of a beta-globulin band appears to signify an ominous prognosis.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001609:Beta-Globulins / Q000032:analysis*; D001797:Blood Protein Electrophoresis; D001798:Blood Proteins / Q000032:analysis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007122:Immunoelectrophoresis; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis / Q000097:blood*; D012016:Reference Values
chemical_list: D001609:Beta-Globulins; D001798:Blood Proteins