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I should like to discuss the implications and the approach to dealing with those cases in which the serum contains a monoclonal band. They frequently cause a flurry and flutter in every laboratory the moment they are seen and start off a chain of activities which is sometimes purposeful and provides the information that is wanted, but which not infrequently leads to more mysteries.
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Kohn, J. (1979). Monoclonal proteins. In: Ward, A.M., Whicher, J.T. (eds) Immunochemistry in Clinical Laboratory Medicine. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6591-4_10
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