Borderline high serum free light chain κ/λ ratios are seen not only in dialysis patients but also in non-dialysis-dependent renal impairment and inflammatory states

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 309-

  Marshall, George ^a   Tate, Jill ^a   Mollee, Peter ^b  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMODIALYSIS PATIENT; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; KIDNEY FUNCTION; LETTER; LIGHT CHAIN; LYMPHOPROLIFERATIVE DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLASMA CELL DYSCRASIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; REFERENCE VALUE; SERUM;

AGED; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY DISEASES; RENAL DIALYSIS;

EID: 68549127066     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP8VOT5TVLAQBQ     Document Type: Letter

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2. Hutchison CA, Plant T, Drayson M, et al. Serum free light chain measurement aids the diagnosis of myeloma in patients with severe renal failure. BMC Nephrol. 2008;9:11. doi:10.1186/1471-2369-9-11.