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Old 02-27-2013, 08:14 AM
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--you could list what it says in more detail.

Normally, a serum protein electrophoresis divides the blood proteins into the part that is albumin and then subdivides the part that is globulin into alpha, beta, and gamma globulins. An immunofixation electrophoresis goes further in that it enumerates and types the gamma globulins (antibodies) into A, G and M fractions (these are the proteins involved in the immune response) and looks for any rogue or monoclonal antibody types.

It's certainly possible they did both in your testing profile. The immunofixation is preferred, though, as small monoclonal increases can be obscured in the gamma portion of a serum electrophoresis.

That beta globulin number is not that far out of range, although the range does vary from lab to lab. High beta globulins can come from a number of inflammatory causes, estrogen and other drug therapies, even from high cholesterol levels, so they're not very specific. Generally high levels of gamma globulins have more clinical significance, as they are found in long term inflammatory/autoimmune disease, many infectious disorders, and in certain blood disorders.
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