Antigen excess detection by automated assays for free light chains

Clin Chem Lab Med. 2018 Aug 28;56(9):e235-e238. doi: 10.1515/cclm-2017-0977.

Xavier Bossuyt^{1

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3}, Michel Delforge⁴, Martin Reynders², Doreen Dillaerts³, Ben Sprangers⁵, Karel Fostier⁶, Koen Poesen^{2

7}, Martine Vercammen^{8

9}

¹ Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium, Phone: +32 16 347009, Fax: +32 16 34 79 31.
² Laboratory Medicine, Immunology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
³ Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Experimental Laboratory Immunology, Catholic University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁴ Hematology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁵ Nephrology, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁶ Hematology, University Hospital VUB, Brussels, Belgium.
⁷ Department of Neurosciences, Laboratory for Molecular Neurobiomarker Research, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
⁸ Department of Laboratory Medicine, AZ Sint-Jan, Brugge, Belgium (actual).
⁹ Laboratory of Hematology, Universitair Ziekenhuis Brussel VUB, Brussels, Belgium (former).

No abstract available

Keywords: antigen excess; free light chains; multiple myeloma; non-linearity.

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