Quantitation of serum free light chains

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1585-1587

  Bakker, Andries J ^a   Bierma Ram, Ageeth ^a   Elderman van Der Werf, Coby ^a   Strijdhaftig, Marcia L ^a   Van Zanden, Jelmer J ^a  

^a St Klinisch Chemisch Laboratorium   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; SAMPLE; SERUM;

BLOOD PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 68149160733     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2008.122416     Document Type: Letter

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