Effect of sample dilution on two free light chain nephelometric assays

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 413, Issue 19-20, 2012, Pages 1708-1709

  Jacobs, Joannes F M ^a,b   Hoedemakers, Rein M J ^c   Teunissen, Elisa ^d   van der Molen, Renate G ^a   te Velthuis, Henk ^d,e  

^a Laboratory Medical Immunology   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c JEROEN BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^d CENTRAL LABORATORY   (Netherlands)

^e SANQUIN RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN FREE LIGHT CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FREE LIGHT CHAIN KAPPA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN FREE LIGHT CHAIN LAMBDA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; PARAPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBODY DETECTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DILUTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LETTER; LIGHT CHAIN; NEPHELOMETRY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAINS; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; SPECIMEN HANDLING;

EID: 84864380618     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2012.04.032     Document Type: Letter

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