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Abstract
Serum amyloid P component (SAP) is a normal constituent of human serum. A rate nephelometric
technique has been developed that can measure this protein more rapidly and reproducibly
than previously described methods. Materials required are simple and commercially
available. Studies on 30 patients with amyloidosis show no difference in SAP levels
from control patients. Rate nephelometry is a simple technique that could expand the
ability to measure SAP beyond the research setting.
Abbreviations:
(SAP) (serum amyloid P component), (AP) (P-component), (RIA) (radioimmunoassay), (AL) (primary amyloidosis), (AA) (secondary amyloidosis), (AF) (familial amyloidosis), (CRP) (C-reactive protein)To read this article in full you will need to make a payment
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Article info
Publication history
Accepted:
July 12,
1983
Received:
June 1,
1983
Footnotes
☆Supported by grants AM 04599, AM 07014, AM 20613, RR 533, and CA 16835 from National Institutes of Health and by the Arthritis Foundation.
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© 1983 Published by Elsevier Inc.
