Clinical usefulness of serum free light chains measurement in patients with multiple myeloma: comparative analysis of two different tests
Author(s) -
Tadeusz Kubicki,
Dominik Dytfeld,
Aleksandra Baszczuk,
Ewa Wysocka,
Mieczysław Komarnicki,
Krzysztof Lewandowski
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
postępy higieny i medycyny doświadczalnej
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.275
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1732-2693
pISSN - 0032-5449
DOI - 10.5604/17322693.1229346
Subject(s) - concordance , medicine , serum protein electrophoresis , multiple myeloma , immunofixation , gastroenterology , concordance correlation coefficient , immunology , monoclonal , antibody , monoclonal antibody , statistics , mathematics
There are two commercially available tests for measurement of serum free light chains (sFLC) in multiple myeloma (MM) patients - Freelite and N Latex FLC. The aim of this study was to perform an assessment and direct comparison of the usefulness of the methods in routine clinical practice.
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