Interlaboratory study of free monoclonal immunoglobulin light chain quantification

Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 89-92

  Vávrová, Jaroslava ^a   Maisnar, Vladimír ^a,b   Tichý, Miloš ^a,b   Friedecký, Bedřich ^a   Čermáková, Zdeňka ^c   Dastych, Milan ^c   Gottwaldová, Jana ^c   Kučera, Petr ^d   Krotká, Jarmila ^d   Racek, Jaroslav ^e   Ženková, Jana ^e   Schneiderka, Petr ^f   Lochman, Pavel ^c   Zima, Tomáš ^g   Benáková, Hana ^g   Büchler, Tomáš ^b,h   Spáčilová, Jana ^a   Hájek, Roman ^b,c   Palička, Vladimír ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HRADEC KRALOVE   (Czech Republic)

^b Czech Myeloma Group   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BRNO   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OLOMOUC   (Czech Republic)

^g CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^h FAKULTNÍ THOMAYEROVA NEMOCNICE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Interlaboratory comparison; Monoclonal free light chains; Monoclonal gammopathy; Multiple myeloma; Standardisation

Indexed keywords

PARAPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNONEPHELOMETRY; IMMUNOTURBIDIMETRY; LABORATORY TEST; LIGHT CHAIN; MALE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL LABORATORY TECHNIQUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; REFERENCE STANDARDS;

EID: 79953146124     PISSN: 14346621     EISSN: 14374331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/CCLM.2011.019     Document Type: Article

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