Items for "classification of monoclonal gammopathies"

Retrospective study of monoclonal gammopathies detected in the clinical laboratory of a Spanish healthcare district: 14-year series

Background: We studied the incidence, classification and isotype distribution of monoclonal gammopathies and M-protein detected between 1992 and 2005 inclusive in the clinical laboratory of a healthcare district in Madrid (Spain) with an average population of 280,574 inhabitants.

Methods: Serum electrophoresis was carried out on a cellulose acetate support up until 1997, and then using capillary zone electrophoresis systems, with M-protein identification carried out by agarose gel immunofixation...

Keywords: classification of monoclonal gammopathies, incidence, M-protein isotype distribution, prevalence