High-Resolution Electrophoresis and Immunofixation: Techniques and Interpretation [Hardcover]

David F. Keren (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 15, 1994 | ISBN-10: 0750694696 | ISBN-13: 978-0750694698 | Edition: 2

The second edition of this well-known explication of the techniques and interpretations of electrophoresis and immunofixation has been thoroughly updated. Incorporating the changes in technology since the first edition was published, the author has made extensive revisions, entirely replacing the section on immunoelectrophoresis with a discussion of the current technique of immunofixation. The majority of the original illustrations have been revised, and a new section on the interpretation of oligoclonal bans in cerebrospinal fluid has been included.

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About the Author

Keren, David MD, Warde Medical Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

Product Details

• Hardcover: 397 pages
• Publisher: Hodder Arnold Publishers; 2 edition (January 15, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0750694696
• ISBN-13: 978-0750694698
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,050,972 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The book, June 20, 2000

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Dax (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: High-Resolution Electrophoresis and Immunofixation: Techniques and Interpretation (Hardcover)

An excellent discussion on theoretical and practical uses of serum protein electrophoresis.

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Unintelligible to all but cognoscenti, February 27, 2008

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Wallace Smith "TN435" (Chicago) - See all my reviews

This review is from: High Resolution Electrophoresis and Immunofixation: Techniques and Interpretation (Hardcover)

I am not a pathologist or involved directly in the medical profession. That said, I did have occasion to review this book which is unintelligible from beginning to end. I don't think ANY word is under 20 characters, unhyphenated or to be found in an English language dictionary. The experience is like reading a car mechanics guide but more specialized and much less interesting. A jargon fest.

Although not from this publication, it reads somewhat similarly to this small, more comprehensible tract on a related topic also by Keren: "The buffer cations flow towards the cathode creating an endosmotic flow. Because of this reaction, some proteins that are weakly negatively charged and that would be expected to migrate toward the anode are found cathodal to the origin after electrophoresis is complete. Indeed, in CE, the endosmotic flow is responsible for pulling the proteins past the photodetector."

Not recommended to any reader but the pathologist living in a seemingly humorless alternative world.