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PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS, SERUM
Test CodeSPE
Preferred Specimen
2 mL serum
Patient Preparation
Overnight fasting is preferred
Minimum Volume
1 mL
Transport Container
Transport tube
Transport Temperature
Room temperature
Specimen Stability
Room temperature: 5 days
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 28 days
Refrigerated: 7 days
Frozen: 28 days
Reject Criteria (Eg, hemolysis? Lipemia? Thaw/Other?)
Gross hemolysis • Grossly lipemic • Plasma
Methodology
Capillary Zone Electrophoresis (CZE) • Spectrophotometry (SP)
Setup Schedule
Set up: Mon-Sat; Report available: 2-4 days
Clinical Significance
Serum protein electrophoresis (SPE) is an analytical technique that provides separation of serum protein into six fractions: Albumin, Alpha-1, Alpha-2, Beta-1, Beta-2, and Gamma. Interpretation of elevation, decreased, or visual change in different fractions can be used as a diagnostic aid for a variety of different disease states and protein abnormalities, including monoclonal gammopathies (MG).