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Serum globulin electrophoresis - Results

Alternative Names

Globulin electrophoresis

Normal Values:

Serum globulin: 2.0 to 3.5 g/dL
IgM component: 75 to 300 mg/dL
IgG component: 650 to 1850 mg/dL
IgA component: 90 to 350 mg/dL

Note: Normal value ranges may vary slightly among different laboratories. Talk to your doctor about the meaning of your specific test results.

What abnormal results mean:

Increased gamma globulin proteins may indicate:

Acute infection
Chronic inflammatory disease (for example, rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus)
Hyperimmunization
Multiple myeloma
Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia

Blood test

Reviewed last on: 2/13/2009
David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington School of Medicine. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

References

McPherson R. Specific proteins. In: McPherson RA, Pincus MR. Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods. 21st ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders; 2006:chap 19.

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