Urinary β2-microglobulin masquerading as a Bence Jones protein

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 125, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 555-557

  Handy, B C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCE JONES PROTEIN; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BASIC HELIX LOOP HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NEUROD1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; KIDNEY FUNCTION; KIDNEY TUBULE ABSORPTION; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PROTEINURIA; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; URINE LEVEL; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; MIDDLE AGED; URINE;

BASIC HELIX-LOOP-HELIX TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; BENCE JONES PROTEIN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0034745019     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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