Highly sensitive, automated immunoassay for immunoglobulin free light chains in serum and urine

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 673-680

  Bradwell, A R ^a   Carr Smith, H D ^a   Mead, G P ^a   Tang, L X ^a   Showell, P J ^a   Drayson, M T ^a   Drew, R ^a  

^a Medical School   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; BENCE JONES PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; LATEX;

ADULT; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; AUTOANALYSIS; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONJUGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; URINALYSIS;

OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0035063345     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinchem/47.4.673     Document Type: Article

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