Is anyone familiar with this?

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I  had some labwork done at my last appointment a few weeks ago.  Typically, I

always have the same tests done.  Yet this last time it was apparently a test

I'm not familiar with.  I received my monthly statement and this time my labwork

was sent to a pathologist.  The test is 84165 protein, electrophoretic

fractionation and quantitation.  Does anyone happen to know in layman's terms

what that means? I tried to understand it but I couldn't find anything outside

of complicated medical terms! Thanks so much

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" a method of analysing a mixture of proteins by means of gel

electrophoresis, mainly in blood serum " Wikipedia

although I have NO idea why they would be testing or what it tells

them! (that wasn't very useful was it?)

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> I had some labwork done at my last appointment a few weeks ago.

Typically, I always have the same tests done. Yet this last time it

was apparently a test I'm not familiar with. I received my monthly

statement and this time my labwork was sent to a pathologist. The

test is 84165 protein, electrophoretic fractionation and

quantitation. Does anyone happen to know in layman's terms what that

means? I tried to understand it but I couldn't find anything outside

of complicated medical terms! Thanks so much

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According to a dated lab test book I have, a protein electrophoresis

is an evaluation of serum proteins to diagnose, eval and monitor the

disease course in patients with cancer, immune disorders, liver

dysfunction, chronic edematous states and other medical problems.

It's a complex test with several different results.

Debbie L

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> > I had some labwork done at my last appointment a few weeks ago.

> Typically, I always have the same tests done. Yet this last time it

> was apparently a test I'm not familiar with. I received my monthly

> statement and this time my labwork was sent to a pathologist. The

> test is 84165 protein, electrophoretic fractionation and

> quantitation. Does anyone happen to know in layman's terms what

that

> means? I tried to understand it but I couldn't find anything outside

> of complicated medical terms! Thanks so much

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Protein Electrophoresis With Interpretation, Serum

In chemistry and medicine, protein electrophoresis (a.k.a. Immunoelectrophoresis

) is a method of analysing a mixture of proteins by means of gel

electrophoresis, mainly in blood serum

One of the classes of blood proteins, albumin, will stick to electrically

charged gel and form patterns (bands.) If the bands are not normal it can

indicate certain problems: multiple myeloma, acute or chronic inflammation,

liver problems, hypogammaglubulinemia (an autoimmune disorder), etc.

Here's two sites I thought had a good explanations:

http://www.webmd.com/a-to-z-guides/serum-protein-electrophoresis-spe

http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Atoz/common/standard/transform.jsp?requestU\

RI=/healthatoz/Atoz/ency/protein_electrophoresis.jsp

It's not a test I seen done on the psych unit so I really don't know much about

it. I don't know if this is helpful or not.