Biomedical subjects
M Biesbrouck
Publications and source records attributed to M Biesbrouck.
A simple and rapid nephelometric procedure for fibronectin.
A nephelometric assay (Beckman ICS) for the measurement of plasma fibronectin using commercially available reagents (Boehringer) is described. The assay is simple, rapid and cheap and has a high degree of specificity. The within-run variation was between 4.3 and 7.8%. Only 30 microL of antiserum is used for one measurement, instead of 100 microL used with the turbidimetric method.
Antinuclear factor-positive mental depression: a single disease entity?
Antinuclear factor (ANF) was present in the serum of about 30% of 53 patients newly admitted to the psychiatric hospital because of mental depression. Clinically, ANF-positive depression closely resembles manic-depressive psychosis but tends to be more resistant to treatment. It is suggested that ANF-positive depression may be a quite distinctive disease.