Hook effect with lambda free light chain in serum free light chain assay

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 411, Issue 21-22, 2010, Pages 1834-1836

  Levinson, Stanley S ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; PREDNISONE; SARCOLYSIN;

BLOOD SAMPLING; DISEASE EXACERBATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; LIGHT CHAIN; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; URINALYSIS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77956475949     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2010.07.027     Document Type: Letter

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