Serum protein electrophoresis and immunofixation by a semiautomated electrophoresis system

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 944-949

  Bossuyt, Xavier ^a   Bogaerts, Ann ^a   Schiettekatte, Gilberte ^a   Blanckaert, Norbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAROSE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; PARAPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS;

BENCE JONES PROTEIN; BLOOD PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, CELLULOSE ACETATE; HUMANS; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; PARAPROTEINS; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0031923120     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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