title: Monoclonal IgM: difficulties with correct measurement.
abstract: We describe three monoclonal IgM paraproteins for which nephelometric IgM quantification generated inaccurate results.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium. xavier.bossuyt@uz.kuleuven.ac.be
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Bossuyt
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Vranken
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Mariën
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Blanckaert
mesh_terms: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal / Q000032:analysis*; D001774:Blood Chemical Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D019075:Electrophoresis, Capillary / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007120:Immunochemistry / Q000379:methods; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis*; D009391:Nephelometry and Turbidimetry / Q000379:methods*; D010265:Paraproteinemias / Q000276:immunology
chemical_list: D000911:Antibodies, Monoclonal; D007075:Immunoglobulin M