Outcomes of discretionary laboratory requesting of serum protein electrophoresis

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 372-374

  Hughes, Marie ^a   Davidson, D Fraser ^a   McColl, Mark ^a  

^a CROSSHOUSE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MYELOMA; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOOD PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMANS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PARAPROTEINS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WALDENSTROM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

EID: 33749530509     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 00045632     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/000456306778520133     Document Type: Article

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