Medical Definition of Immunofixation

1. A powerful enhancement of immunoelectrophoresis in which a series of post-electrophoretic gel slabs are layered with cellulose-acetate gels saturated with specific antibodies. The resulting antigen-antibody complexes fixed on the second gel may then be stained, allowing sensitive and specific qualitative visual identification of paraproteins by electrophoretic position. It can be used to identify specific proteins in the blood or urine. It has greatest application in the identification (and monitoring) of monoclonal proteins that are produced in conditions like Waldenstom's macroglobulinaemia and multiple myeloma. (01 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Immunofixation

immunodominant epitopes
immunoediting
immunoelectron
immunoelectron microscopy
immunoelectrophoresis
immunoenhancement
immunoenhancer
immunoenhancing
immunoenzyme techniques
immunoepidemiologic
immunoepidemiology
immunoevasion
immunoevasive
immunoexpression
immunoferritin
immunofixation (current term)
immunofluorescence
immunofluorescence method
immunofluorescences
immunofluorescent
immunofluorescent stain
immunofluorescent studies
immunogen
immunogene
immunogeneses
immunogenesis
immunogenetic
immunogeneticist
immunogenetics
immunogenic

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