Detection of κ and λ light chain monoclonal proteins in human serum: Automated immunoassay versus immunofixation electrophoresis

Clinical and Vaccine Immunology

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 277-280

  Jaskowski, Troy D ^a,c   Litwin, Christine M ^a,b   Hill, Harry R ^a,b  

^a ARUP INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ARTICLE; ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFIXATION ELECTROPHORESIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TURBIDIMETRY;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BLOOD PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA-CHAINS; MONOCLONAL GAMMOPATHIES, BENIGN; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33644923216     PISSN: 15566811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CVI.13.2.277-280.2006     Document Type: Article

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