Summary: | This review of the principal changes found in the plasma proteins in disease and often injury has been extensively revised and updated in the Second Editon. This book investigates a wide range of plasma proteins and their role in human diseases and disorders, including immunodeficiency, renal and liver disease, trauma, cancer, and neurological disease, among several others. This edition has been thoroughly updated and extensively revised. New material includes a chapter on the proteins associated with clotting abnormalities; sections on the latest methods for the detection of neural-tube defects in the fetus and for the pre- and post-natal diagnosis of cystic fibrosis; and appendixes on quality control, acrylamide gel electrophoresis of cerebrospinal fluid proteins, and the estimation of acetylcholinesterase in amniotic fluid. Includes illustrations and photos.
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