ELISAs for free human immunoglobulin light chains in serum: Improvement of assay specificity by using two specific antibodies in a sandwich detection method

Journal of Immunological Methods

Volumn 293, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 183-189

  Nakano, Takanari ^a   Nagata, Atsuo ^a  

^a YAMASA CORPORATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibody; Enzyme linked immunosorbent assay; Free light chain; Intact immunoglobulin; Interference; Serum

Indexed keywords

ANTISERUM; HUMAN IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ABSORPTION; ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY;

ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LABORATORY TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; MALE; SERUM;

EID: 7944219598     PISSN: 00221759     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jim.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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