Interference of IgM-λ paraprotein with biuret-type assay for total serum protein quantification

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 235-236

  Tichy, Milos ^a   Friedecky, Bedrich ^a   Budina, Marek ^b   Maisnar, Vladimir ^a   Buchler, Tomas ^c   Holeckova, Magdalena ^a   Gotzmannova, Dagmar ^d   Palicka, Vladimir ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b SEKK   (Czech Republic)

^c FAKULTNÍ THOMAYEROVA NEMOCNICE   (Czech Republic)

^d Laborex   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Interference; Monoclonal immunoglobulin; Paraprotein; Total protein

Indexed keywords

BIURET; COPPER; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PARAPROTEIN;

DIAGNOSTIC KIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; RANK SUM TEST; TECHNIQUE;

ARTIFACTS; BIURET REACTION; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; PARAPROTEINS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SERUM;

EID: 59849088770     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2009.050     Document Type: Letter

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