[Comparison of automated micro-disc electrophoresis for the analysis of urine proteins with a conventional system]

Recently a new system for analyzing urinary proteins due to their molecular weight distribution has been introduced. The whole system is automatically driven and uses a silver staining. Due to the small amount of protein necessary for analysis native urine samples can be used. The data presented here show that the automatic micro-disc-electrophoresis (Phast-system) is very useful for any routine testing due to the quick (2 hours) and easily obtainable results with a very high reproducibility. The clinical relevance of urinary protein analysis seems to be much higher using this system.