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Kerttu Irjala, MD; Jouko Suonpää, MD; Bernt Laurent, MD

Arch Otolaryngol. 1979;105(8):447-448.

Abstract
• The use of immunofixation for identification of the presence of CSF by demonstrating its two electrophoretically separate bands of transferrin has proved to be a valid and rather simple method, particularly when the samples obtained from the nose or ear are very small and contaminated.

(Arch Otolaryngol 105:447-448, 1979)

Author Affiliations
From the Departments of Clinical Chemistry (Drs Irjala and Laurent) and Otolaryngology (Dr Suonpää), University Hospital, Turku, Finland.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication June 29, 1978.

Reprint requests to Department of Otolaryngology, University Hospital, Kiinamyllynkatu 4, SF-20520 Turku 52, Finland (Dr Suonpää).

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