Blood, 1961, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 119-124.
© 1961 American Society of Hematology, Inc.
The Electrophoretie Mobility of Red Blood Cells
of Normal Human Beings
JOHN ANGERS 1 and
ANTONIO ROTTINO 1
1 Hodgkin’s Disease Research Laboratory, (Supported in part by U. S. Public
Health grant CY4069, the Damon Runyon Memorial Fund for Cancer Research, and the
Nias Foundation), St. Vincent's Hospital, New York, N. Y.
Values obtained for the electrophoretic behavior of the red blood cells of
healthy individuals is presented. The technic and instrument are described in
detail and the necessary attention to meticulous care is emphasized. The
data presented show that in an electric field the mobility of the red blood cells
of healthy persons is constant and reproducible. It was concluded that the
method is extremely sensitive and precise and that it may prove of value in the
study of various disease states.
Submitted on July 15, 1960
