Overestimation of serum κ free light chain concentration by immunonephelometry

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1188-1190

  De Kat Angelino, Corrie M ^a   Raymakers, Reinier ^b   Teunesen, Maria A ^a   Jacobs, Joannes F M ^a   Klasen, Ina S ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KAPPA FREE LIGHT CHAIN; PLASMA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNONEPHELOMETRY; LETTER; MEASUREMENT; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PARAPROTEINEMIAS;

EID: 77954370534     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2010.143529     Document Type: Letter

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