Screening algorithms for monoclonal gammopathies

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1753-1755

  Katzmann, Jerry A ^a   Dispenzieri, Angela ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PARAPROTEIN; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ALGORITHM; BLOOD SAMPLING; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS; FREE LIGHT CHAIN ASSAY; GOLD STANDARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOFIXATION ELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LABORATORY TEST; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PLASMA CELL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN SECRETION; SCREENING; SYMPTOM; WALDENSTROEM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

ALGORITHMS; BLOOD PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMANS; PARAPROTEINEMIAS;

EID: 55349145592     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2008.116400     Document Type: Editorial

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