Simplified E-UFA test for multiple sclerosis (MS): some sources of "false" results.

ABSTRACT

A simple modification of the Erythrocyte-Unsaturated Fatty Acid (E-UFA) Test for Multiple Sclerosis is described, whereby well washed erythrocytes (RBC) are allowed to stand in Hanks medium 199, for about 21 days at 4 degrees C. The control-experimental difference in electrophoretic mobility of RBC rises to nearly 20%. Precautions in interpretation and wider implications of the SE-UFA test, recently uncovered, are briefly indicated.