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What is a Serum Protein Electrophoresis (SPEP)?

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LECTURE QUIZ

A Serum Protein Electrophoresis (SPEP) is:

Measured on the M-spike test

How myeloma is analyzed

How cancerous proteins are analyzed

Blood proteins tell the body to develop more cells and antibodies for fighting infection and transmit a message from one cell to another.

True

False

An SPEP tells us...

If an abnormally high level of protein is a side-effect of inflammation, an immune reaction, or multiple myeloma.

If there's a large quantity of a protein in the blood, and how much quantity it is.