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18546886

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-6-12
pubmed:abstractText
Patients with dysfibrinogenemia demonstrate a low concentration of plasma fibrinogen. However, many cases remain a symptomatic and are incidentally identified on a pre-operative or screening test for pregnancy. Therefore, urgent diagnosis is desirable. To diagnose this abnormality, it is important to demonstrate a discrepancy between test results by the Clauss and immunologic methods. We use a single radial immunodiffusion (SRID) method to measure the fibrinogen level immunologically. We present one dysfibrinogenemia case diagnosed by SRID. The present case was 23 year-old pregnant female. She demonstrated a low plasma level of fibrinogen (91 mg/dl by the Clauss method) on a pre-delivery-screening test in the 39th week of pregnancy. We suspected dysfibrinogenemia, and measured the fibrinogen level immunologically with SRID. Briefly, we dissolved agar in 10% PBS solution and added 1 mg/ml anti-fibrinogen antibody. Then, patient plasma and 50-200 mg/dl of control plasma were placed on the agar overnight. The immunoreactive fibrinogen level in this patient was 400 mg/dl. Therefore, we diagnosed her as dysfibrinogenemia. She did not have a bleeding episode during the normal vaginal delivery even through fibrinogen was not transfused. The SRID method is readily available, and requires only an anti-fibrinogen antibody and agar, both of which are usually stocked by a general laboratory. The practical method and application described in this report provide instructive information for hospital laboratories.
pubmed:language
jpn
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0047-1860
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
56
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
379-82
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
[Usefulness of a single radial immunodiffusion method for the immediate diagnosis of abnormal fibrinogenemia in the laboratory].
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Sciences and Laboratory Medicine, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, English Abstract, Case Reports