Gammopathy interference in clinical chemistry assays: Mechanisms, detection and prevention

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1240-1243

  Bakker, Andries J ^a   Mücke, Matthias ^b  

^a MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

^b ROCHE DIAGNOSTICS GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gammopathy; Interference; M protein; Paraprotein

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; FERRITIN; FIBRINOGEN; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; GLUCOSE; HEPARIN; M PROTEIN; PARAPROTEIN; UREA;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; GAMMOPATHY; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TURBIDITY;

AGED; AGING; CHEMISTRY, CLINICAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KINETICS; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MIDDLE AGED; MONOCLONAL GAMMOPATHIES, BENIGN; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 34548546658     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2007.254     Document Type: Article

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