Biological variation of free light chains in serum

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 415, Issue , 2013, Pages 10-11

  Braga, Federica ^a,b   Infusino, Ilenia ^a,b   Dolci, Alberto ^a   Panteghini, Mauro ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN;

ADULT; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LETTER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; VENOUS BLOOD;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOASSAY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA-CHAINS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; NONTHERAPEUTIC HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84866650846     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: 18733492     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2012.09.008     Document Type: Letter

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