Magnate
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Queens, NY
Posts: 2,857
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Magnate
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Queens, NY
Posts: 2,857
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By the way--
--to check for MGUS, and rogue monoclonal antibodies in general, the gold standard test is an immunofixation electrophoresis of serum and urine (in the latter case along with a survey for Bence Jones proteins), not a protein electrophoresis; the latter is cheaper, so many docs order it, but small elevations in immunoglobulins can be obscured in the gamma ban when only a protein electrophoresis is done.
You should request and keep copies of all test results.
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