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Old 02-24-2012, 07:48 AM
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Default 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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