Diagnostic utility of kappa free light chains in multiple sclerosis

Expert Rev Mol Diagn. 2019 Apr;19(4):277-279. doi: 10.1080/14737159.2019.1586535. Epub 2019 Feb 27.

Authors

Batia Kaplan¹, Esther Ganelin-Cohen^{2

3}, Sizilia Golderman¹, Avi Livneh^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ a Heller Institute of Medical Research, Sheba Medical Center , Tel-Hashomer , Ramat Gan , Israel.
² b Institute of Pediatric Neurology , Schneider Children's Medical Center , Petach Tikva , Israel.
³ c Sackler School of Medicine , Tel-Aviv University , Tel-Aviv , Israel.

PMID: 30795689
DOI: 10.1080/14737159.2019.1586535

No abstract available

Keywords: Free light chains; dimers; kappa; lambda; monomers; multiple sclerosis.

MeSH terms

Humans
Immunoglobulin Light Chains / cerebrospinal fluid*
Immunoglobulin Light Chains / isolation & purification
Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / cerebrospinal fluid*
Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains / isolation & purification
Multiple Sclerosis / cerebrospinal fluid
Multiple Sclerosis / diagnosis*
Multiple Sclerosis / pathology
Nephelometry and Turbidimetry*

Substances

Immunoglobulin Light Chains
Immunoglobulin kappa-Chains