Detection of serum free light chains: The problem with antigen excess

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1419-1422

  Bosmann, Markus ^a,b   Kößler, Jürgen ^b   Stolz, Herbert ^b   Walter, Ulrich ^b   Knop, Stefan ^c   Steigerwald, Udo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

antigen excess; hook effect; multiple myeloma; nephelometry; serum free light chains

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BLOOD SALVAGE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COHORT ANALYSIS; DILUTION; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; GAMMOPATHY; HUMAN; IMMUNE COMPLEX DEPOSITION; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEPHELOMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING;

ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTIGEN-ANTIBODY REACTIONS; ANTIGENS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77958190515     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2010.283     Document Type: Article

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