BLOOD PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS (PROTEIN, ALBUMIN,
GLOBULIN)
Purpose of the test is to help confirm blood disorders,
gastrointestinal disorders, kidney disorders, liver disease,
protein deficiency, diagnosis of tumors.
Preparation:
None specified
Time before test results available:
Test requires only a few minutes in the laboratory. Time before
results are reported to the doctor or patient varies from a few
minutes to a few days.
Normal values:
Protein--6.6 to 7.9g/dl
Albumin fraction--3.3 to 4.5g/dl
Alpha-1-globulin fraction--0.1 to 0.4g/dl
Alpha-2-globulin ranges--0.5 to 1g/dl
Beta globulin--0.7to 1.2g/dl
Gamma globulin--0.5 to 1.6g/dl
What "high" or "increased" may indicate:
Chronic inflammatory disease
*Chronic syphilis
Collagen diseases
Dehydration
Diabetes mellitus
Diabetic acidosis
Early-stage Laennec's cirrhosis
Fulminating and chronic infections
Hodgkin's disease
Monocytic leukemia
Multiple myeloma
Rheumatoid arthritis
Subacute bacterial endocarditis
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Tuberculosis
Vomiting and diarrhea
What "low" or "decreased may indicate:
Acute cholecystitis
Benzene and carbon-tetracholoride poisoning
Blood dyscrasias
Collagen diseases
Congestive heart failure
Diarrhea
Diabetes mellitus, uncontrolled
Essential hypertension
Gastrointestinal disease
Hemorrhage
Hepatic disease
Hepatic dysfunction
Hodgkin's disease
Hyperthyroidism
Hypogammaglobulinemia
Malabsorption
Malnutrition
Metastatic carcinoma
Neoplastic and renal diseases
Nephritis
Nephrosis
Peptic ulcer
Plasma loss from burns
Rheumatoid arthritis
Sarcoidosis
Surgical or traumatic shock
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Toxemia of pregnancy
Taking these drugs may affect test results:
Cytotoxic agents
Cytotoxin
Cyclosporin
Other factors that may affect test results:
Pregnancy
Contrast dyes, such as sulfobromophthalein
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