Tsung P K, Hong B S, Holly F J, Gordon W
Clin Chim Acta. 1983 Oct 31;134(1-2):213-9. doi: 10.1016/0009-8981(83)90199-7.
Tears from myotonic muscular dystrophy (MMD) patients and normal controls were analyzed for their tear proteins by sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Lactoferrin comprised about 18% of the total tear protein in MMD patients as opposed to about 27% in normals. The albumin content relative to total protein in MMD tears was about 25% while the same value for normals is 13%. The lactoferrin/albumin ratio, was about 0.8 for MMD patients and about 2.1 for normals.
