Use of plasma for immediate diagnosis of multiple sclerosis (plasma-erythrocyte unsaturated fatty acid test): comparison with the erythrocyte-unsaturated fatty acid (E-UFA) test

• Published in: Neurological research (New York) Vol. 8; no. 1; p. 57
• Main Authors: Field, E J, Joyce, G
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England 01.03.1986
• Subjects: Arachidonic Acid; Arachidonic Acids - blood; Erythrocytes - analysis; Fatty Acids, Unsaturated - blood; Female; Humans; Linoleic Acid; Linoleic Acids - blood; Male; Multiple Sclerosis - blood

A labile factor in plasma (but not serum) of MS subjects confers MS like properties vis à vis effect of linoleic acid (LA) and arachidonic acid (AA), on the electrophoretic mobility of washed red blood cells (RBC) irrespective of their provenance. Plasma from anomalous MS relatives and other neurolo...