Terminology problem - HUMAN WHITE PLASMA vs SERUM - (Feb/06/2006
) I am merely a translator and would highly appreciate your help
in telling SERUM and Human WHITE PLASMA apart (if possible, of
course). I thought them to be synonyms at first but after
consulting a number of sources I am no longer sure ... Looking
forward to your replies. According to Wikipedia "Blood plasma is
the liquid component of blood, in which the blood cells are
suspended. Serum is the same as blood plasma except that
clotting factors (such as fibrin) have been removed." the serum
is obtained after coagulation of blood (and centrifugation to
get rid of cells). There is no more fibrinogen compared to
plasma, which is obtained from heparinized blood, (id est
without coagulation and then fibrinogen is not consumed)