Now you see it, now you don't: A case of covert (invisible) IgM

Clin Biochem. 2018 Jan:51:101-102. doi: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2017.06.008. Epub 2017 Jun 26.
No abstract available

Keywords: IgM; Monoclonal protein; Protein electrophoresis.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / analysis*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / chemistry
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / urine
  • Blood Protein Electrophoresis
  • Humans
  • Immunoelectrophoresis
  • Immunoglobulin M / analysis*
  • Immunoglobulin M / chemistry
  • Immunoglobulin M / urine
  • Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / analysis*
  • Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / chemistry
  • Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / urine
  • Male
  • Mercaptoethanol / chemistry
  • Molecular Weight
  • Oxidation-Reduction
  • Paraproteinemias / blood
  • Paraproteinemias / diagnosis*
  • Paraproteinemias / urine
  • Paraproteins / analysis*
  • Paraproteins / chemistry
  • Paraproteins / urine
  • Reducing Agents / chemistry
  • Reproducibility of Results
  • Sulfhydryl Reagents / chemistry

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Immunoglobulin M
  • Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains
  • Paraproteins
  • Reducing Agents
  • Sulfhydryl Reagents
  • Mercaptoethanol