Lumbar puncture and sural nerve biopsy were planned but could not be completed before the patient died. Serum protein electrophoresis (SPEP) and urine protein electrophoresis (UPEP) immunofixation ...

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While immunoglobulin abnormalities appear to shorten treatment-free survival periods, they do not have an impact on overall survival in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL). Patients with ...

Antigen-driven selection has been implicated in the pathogenesis of monoclonal gammopathies. Patients with Gaucher’s disease have an increased risk of monoclonal gammopathies. Here we show that the ...

A 46-year-old man was found to have slightly elevated levels of serum globulins at a routine check-up. Serum protein electrophoresis and immunofixation showed that the level of monoclonal IgG kappa ...

Uncontrolled diabetes mellitus and the progression of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance to multiple myeloma in US veterans. PAF for selected risk factors for progression of MGUS to MM ...