Evaluation of cryoglobulins

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 119-125

  Kallemuchikkal, Usha ^a   Gorevic, Peter D ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYOGLOBULIN;

AUTOIMMUNITY; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY TEMPERATURE; COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CORE TEMPERATURE; CRYOGLOBULINEMIA; HEPATITIS C VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LABORATORY TEST; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; SCREENING;

CRYOGLOBULINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; LABORATORIES, HOSPITAL; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; PRECIPITATION;

EID: 0032911240     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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