ベンセ・ジョーンズ骨髄腫患者の評価のための血清検査

Arthur R Bradwell1, Hugh D Carr-Smith, Graham P Mead

  • 1Division of Immunity and Infection, Medical School, University of Birmingham, B15 2TT, Birmingham, UK. a.r.bradwell@bham.ac.uk

Lancet (London, England)
|February 14, 2003
PubMed
まとめ

血清免疫グロブリンフリーライトチェーン (FLC) アッセイは,ライトチェーン多発性骨髄腫の診断のために尿のベンセ・ジョーンズタンパク質検査を代替することができます. 血清FLC検査は,これらの患者の治療反応のモニタリングに優れた感度を提供します.

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