Bisalbuminaemia occurring together with paraproteinaemia in a case of proven myelomatosis is described. The albumin variant was investigated by dye-binding, electrophoresis at pH 5·0, 6·8, and 8·6, and by relative mobility studies compared with known genetically inherited variants. The present variant was indistinguishable from the previously described Pollibauer type.
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