Preliminary evaluation of a new nephelometric reagent for the determination of serum free light chains

Biochimica Clinica

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 240-243

  Duranti, Fabio ^a   Casciani, Stefania ^a   Casalino, Paolo ^a   Botteri, Veronica ^a   Caliò, Maria Teresa ^a   Giambini, Ilio ^a   Bernardini, Sergio ^a   Dessi, Mariarita ^a  

^a TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; REAGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LATEX AGGLUTINATION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; NEPHELOMETRY; PERFORMANCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84867355788     PISSN: 03930564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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