Regarding the overestimation of serum κ free light chains

Clinical Chemistry

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 775-777

  Levinson, Stanley S ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KAPPA FREE LIGHT CHAIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD SAMPLING; DENSITOMETRY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; NEPHELOMETRY; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS;

EID: 79956096892     PISSN: 00099147     EISSN: 15308561     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2010.158774     Document Type: Letter

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