Electrophoretic characterization of a gamma-1-heavy chain disease.

This report describes a new case of gamma-1-heavy chain disease found in a woman with malignant lymphoproliferative disease. The patient's serum and urine containing gamma-1-heavy chains were analyzed using different electrophoretic approaches, especially two-dimensional electrophoresis and immunoblotting analysis. In a serum sample, five sets of gamma-1-heavy chain spots differing in molecular weight with acidic pI values and one set of more basic gamma-1-heavy chain spots were found.

[Changes in body fluids and minerals after cold adaptation].

To characterize fluid and ion shifts during 5-weeks cold adaptation, 6 nonadapted volunteers underwent cold acclimation programme (CAP), consisted of 1 h head-out immersion in water 14 +/- 1 degrees C 3 times a week. Blood samples were analyzed before/after the immersion and in the first and in the last week of CAP. Urine was collected for 10 h before, during, and after immersion for 4 h.