Paraproteins are a common cause of interferences with automated chemistry methods

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-223

  Yang, Yusong ^a   Howanitz, Peter J ^a   Howanitz, Joan H ^a   Gorfajn, Helen ^a   Wong, Keung ^b  

^a SUNY DOWNSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b KINGS COUNTY HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PARAPROTEIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BILIRUBIN BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST;

ARTIFACTS; AUTOANALYSIS; BILIRUBIN; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; PARAPROTEINS;

EID: 38949103007     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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