Quantitation of free light chains in the cerebrospinal fluid reliably predicts their intrathecal synthesis

Annals of Clinical Biochemistry

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 174-176

  Zeman, David ^a   Kušnierová, Pavlína ^a   Bartoš, Vladimír ^a   Hradílek, Pavel ^a   Kurková, Barbora ^a   Zapletalová, Olga ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OSTRAVA   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Cerebrospinal fluid; free light chains; oligoclonal IgG

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; OLIGOCLONAL BAND; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN;

ANALYTICAL EQUIPMENT; ANALYZER; ARTICLE; BLOOD CEREBROSPINAL FLUID BARRIER; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN PRODUCTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TURBIDIMETRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CLINICAL CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; VERTEBRAL CANAL;

CLINICAL CHEMISTRY TESTS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LAMBDA-CHAINS; SPINAL CANAL;

EID: 84950308688     PISSN: 00045632     EISSN: 17581001     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0004563215579110     Document Type: Article

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