Quantitation of serum monoclonal proteins: Relationship between agarose gel electrophoresis and immunonephelometry

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1523-1529

  Murray, David L ^a   Ryu, Euijung ^a   Snyder, Melissa R ^a   Katzmann, Jerry A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PARAPROTEIN;

AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; HEAVY CHAIN; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHELOMETRY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BLOOD PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LINEAR MODELS; SEROLOGIC TESTS;

EID: 68149158791     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2009.124461     Document Type: Article

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