A serum immunofixation test measures specific proteins in your blood. It helps to identify certain illnesses that are otherwise hard to detect, such as multiple myeloma, a blood cancer. The test is ...

Before serum FLC assays became available, urine analysis was the preferred method for identifying monoclonal FLC production in routine haematological screens for multiple myeloma and other ...

Serum protein electrophoresis Venous blood sample. Indicated if serum protein and/or globulin is elevated or clinical findings raise suspicion of monoclonal gammopathy. M protein, if present, is a ...

Serum protein electrophoresis (SPEP) is a clinical tool used to screen for monoclonal gammopathy, thus it is a critical tool in the evaluation of patients with multiple myeloma. However, SPEP ...

Serum Free Light Chain: Immunoglobulin light chains that are circulating in serum in a free state are called free light chains. The analysis of the serum level of FLCs became practical as a clinical ...

Testing for abnormal immunoglobulins was based previously on serum electrophoresis and immunofixation only. In the last years, however, free light chain (FLC) testing in serum became one important ...

A METHOD of zone electrophoresis in starch gels has recently been described by one of us 1. The high degree of resolution obtained with this method when applied to serum appears to be due to the use ...

MACROGLOBULINEMIA of Waldenström is a disease of the reticuloendothelial system characterized by a marked increase in the serum gamma macroglobulin concentration. It occurs most frequently in elderly ...

We used the data from the VA Corporate Data Warehouse, which comprises data from 20 million unique individuals. SPEP reports were collected from July to December 2015 at 5 Veterans Affairs Medical ...