title: Simplified E-UFA test for multiple sclerosis (MS): some sources of "false" results.
abstract: A simple modification of the Erythrocyte-Unsaturated Fatty Acid (E-UFA) Test for Multiple Sclerosis is described, whereby well washed erythrocytes (RBC) are allowed to stand in Hanks medium 199, for about 21 days at 4 degrees C. The control-experimental difference in electrophoretic mobility of RBC rises to nearly 20%. Precautions in interpretation and wider implications of the SE-UFA test, recently uncovered, are briefly indicated.
mesh_terms: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000503:physiopathology; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000503:physiopathology; D005189:False Positive Reactions; D006801:Humans; D008722:Methods; D009103:Multiple Sclerosis / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000324:Adrenocorticotropic Hormone