Anion gap among patients of multiple myeloma and normal individuals

Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 40, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 226-229

  Mansoor, Shireen ^a   Siddiqui, Imran ^a   Adil, Salman ^a   Nabi Kakepoto, Ghulam ^a   Fatmi, Zafar ^b   Ghani, Farooq ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Anion gap; Multiple myeloma; Paraproteins

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PARAPROTEIN;

ADULT; ANION GAP; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEPHELOMETRY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STUDENT T TEST; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ACID-BASE EQUILIBRIUM; AGED; ANTIBODIES, NEOPLASM; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33846237762     PISSN: 00099120     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2006.10.011     Document Type: Article

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