Three cases showing false results in the detection of monoclonal components using capillary electrophoresis

Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 602-606

  Cho, Sun Young ^a   Kim, Yeongsic ^b   Lee, Anbok ^c   Park, Tae Sung ^a   Lee, Hee Joo ^a   Suh, Jin Tae ^a  

^a Kyung Hee University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^c Ewha Womans University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Capillary electrophoresis; Contrast interference; Monoclonal gammopathy; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; IODINATED CONTRAST MEDIUM; PARAPROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; AUTOLOGOUS PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BACKACHE; BLOOD CELL COUNT; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CAPILLARY ELECTROPHORESIS; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOFIXATION ELECTROPHORESIS; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE CEREBRAL ARTERY OCCLUSION; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEPHRITIS; NEUROIMAGING; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PLASMACYTOMA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; URINALYSIS;

EID: 81455140017     PISSN: 00075027     EISSN: 19437730     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/LMHZLIMXVYLWT7SQ     Document Type: Article

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