AIM To investigate the neonatal diagnosis of Wilson's disease from caeruloplasmin isoforms in cord blood. METHODS Serum caeruloplasmin isoforms were measured in 5-10 ml cord blood from 10 fresh umbilical cords using sodium dodecyl polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS PAGE) and western blotting and analysed by densitometry. Total caeruloplasmin concentrations were determined by nephelometry...

Quantification of immunoglobulins IgG, IgA, IgM, C3 complement, siderophilin, alpha 2-macroglobulin and haptoglobin in serum by a Behring laser nephelometer coupled with a date processing apparatus was compared with values obtained by the radial immunodiffusion method of Mancini. The precision was not improved by the use of the laser nephelometer as compared to Mancini radial immunodiffusion, b...

An automated continuous-flow procedure has been developed for the rapid determination of urinary proteins of plasma origin. Antiserum to whole human plasma was used as the reagent, and the antigen-antibody reactions were quantitated by nephelometry. By adding polyethylene glycol (mol wt 6000-7500) to the reaction medium, reaction time was decreased to less than 3 min; no sample blanks were requ...

Patients and methods: 85 pts were included in the study (M/F = 36/49) in the age of 1,5–16 years (mean 8.7 ± 4.9 years). Systemic JA – 10 pts (11.8%), poly – 37 (43.5%), oligo-38 (44.7%). Duration of disease was < 6 months. We studied also 54 pts with early RA, 28 pts with undifferentiated arthritis (UA) and 14 healthy children. Anti-MCV was measured in serum by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assa...