Detection and classification of paraproteins by capillary immunofixation/subtraction

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 760-764

  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

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PARAPROTEIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PARAPROTEINEMIA;

EID: 0031948229     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/44.4.760     Document Type: Article

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