The discrepancy between electrophoretic and nephelometric determinations of serum γ-globulin level

Clinical Laboratory

Volumn 50, Issue 7-8, 2004, Pages 415-418

  Morita, Keiko ^a   Okamoto, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

globulin; Dysgammaglobulinemia; Laser nephelometry; Protein electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN D;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DYSGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; ELECTROPHORESIS; HEAVY CHAIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER NEPHELOMETRY; MACROGLOBULINEMIA; MYELOMA;

DYSGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; ELECTROPHORESIS, CELLULOSE ACETATE; GAMMA-GLOBULINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS; MYELOMA PROTEINS; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WALDENSTROM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

EID: 4344617971     PISSN: 14336510     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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