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    Blood 2007; 110:1490a

  2. Weiss BM & Kuehl WM

    Advances in understanding monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance as a precursor of multiple myeloma

    Expert Rev Hematol 2010; 3:165-174

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  3. Levoguer A, et al.

    Serum free light chains in chronic lymphocytic leukemia: light at the end of the tunnel?

    CLI June 2010

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  4. Faiman B & Licata AA

    New Tools for Detecting Occult Monoclonal Gammopathy, A Cause of Secondary Osteoporosis

    Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine, April 2010; 77:273-278

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    Serum Immunoglobulin Free Light Chains in Severe Forms of Atopic Dermatitis

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    Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) and smoldering (asymptomatic) multiple myeloma: IMWG consensus perspectives risk factors for progression and guidelines for monitoring and management

    Leukemia (2010); 24:1121-1127

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    Serum-free light chain assessment in hepatitis C virus-related lymphoproliferative disorders

    Ann Rheum Dis January 2009; 68:89-93

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    Serum immunoglobulin free light chain assesment in rheumatoid arthritis and primary Sjogren's syndrome

    Ann Rheum Dis January 2007; 66:23-27

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    Circulating Serum Free Light Chains As Predictive Markers of AIDS-Related Lymphoma

    J Clin Oncol 2010; 28

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  10. Hutchison CA, Kolitha Basnayake and Paul Cockwell

    Serum free light chain assessment in monoclonal gammopathy and kidney disease

    Nature Reviews November 2009; 5:621-627

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  11. Richard B Fulton and Suran L Fernando

    Serum free light chain assay reduces the need for serum and urine immunofixation electrophoresis in the evaluation of monoclonal gammopathy

    Annals of Clinical Biochemistry 2009; 46:407-412

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  12. David F. Keren.

    "Heavy/Light-Chain Analysis of Monoclonal Gammopathies"

    Clin Chem 2009;55:9:1606-1608

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  13. Jerry A Katzmann, Robert A Kyle, Joanne Benson et al.

    Screening panels for detection of monoclonal gammopathies

    Clinical Chemistry August 2009; 55(8):1517-1522

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    Inaccuracies in 24-hour testing for monoclonal gammopathies

    LabMedicine June 2009;40(6):341-344 doi: 10.1309/LMXYGLRB6YEBWHCJ

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  15. Abadie, J.M., K.H. van Hoeven, and J.M. Wells
    "Are renal reference intervals required when screening for plasma cell disorders with serum free light chains and serum protein electrophoresis? "
    Am J Clin Pathol, 2009. 131(2): p. 166-71.

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  16. EJD Robson, J Taylor, C Beardsmore et al

    Utility of serum free light chain analysis when screening for lymphoproliferative disorders

    LabMedicine June 2009;4(6):325-329 doi:10.1309/M6YUPSL3EIR7KE

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  17. M Kyrtsonis, D Maltezas, T Tzenou, E Koulieris, A Bradwell

    Staging systems and prognostic factors as a guide to therapeutic decisions in multiple myeloma

    Seminars in Hematology, April 2009;46(2):110-117 doi: 10.1053/j.seminhematol.2009.02.004

    Reference: MKG521 Quantity:

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    "Treatment of acute renal failure secondary to multiple myeloma with chemotherapy and extended high cut-off hemodialysis. "
    Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2009;4:745-54

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  19. International Myeloma Foundation

    Citings 2008: Serum Free Light Chain Assays

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  20. Colin A Hutchison, Tim Plant, Mark Drayson, Paul Cockwell, Melpomeni Kountouri, Kolitha Basanayake, Stephen Harding, Arthur R Bradwell and Graham Mead.
    "Serum free light chain measurement aids the diagnosis of myeloma in patients with severe renal failure"
    BMC Nephrology 2008;9:11 doi: 10.1186/1471-2369-9-11

    Download the article here. This is a free access article, please review the copyright statement on the article front page http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2369/9/11

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  21. A Dispenzieri, R Kyle, G Merlini, JS Miguel, H Ludwig et al.
    "International Myeloma Working Group guidelines for serum-free light chain analysis in multiple myeloma and related disorders"
    Leukemia advance online publication 20 November 2008; doi:10.1038/leu.2008.307

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  22. C. Hutchison, S. Harding, P Hewins et al

    Quantitative assessment of serum and urinary polyclonal free light chains in patients with chronic kidney disease

    Clin J Am Nephrology 3: 1684-1690, 2008

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  23. Kuhnemund, A. et al.

    "'Light chain escape-multiple myeloma'- an escape phenomenon from plateau phase: report of the largest patient series using LC-monitoring"
    J Cancer Res Clin Oncol, 2008. doi 10.1007/s00432-008-0470-7

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  24. Piehler, A. P., et al.
    "Quantitation of serum free light chains in combination with protein electrophoresis and clinical information for diagnosing multiple myeloma in a general hospital population"
    Clin Chem, 2008. 54(11): p. 1823-30.

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  25. Various Authors

    "5th International Symposium on Clinical Applications of Serum Free Light Chain Analysis"

    Hematology Meeting Reports 2008; 2(2)

    Reference: MKG453 Quantity:

  26. CLH Snozek, JA Katzmann, RA Kyle, A Dispenzieri, DR Larson, TM Therneau, LJ Melton III, S Kumar, PR Greipp, RJ Clark and SV Rajkumar
    "Prognostic value of the serum free light chain ratio in newly diagnosed myeloma: proposed incorporation into the international staging system"
    Leukemia advance online publication, 3 July 2008; doi:10.1038/leu.2008.171

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  27. Angela Dispenzieri, Robert A. Kyle, Jerry A. Katzmann, Terry M. Therneau, Dirk Larson, Joanne Benson, Raynell J. Clark, L. Joseph Melton III, Morie A. Gertz, Shaji K. Kumar, Rafael Fonseca, Diane F. Jelinek, S. Vincent Rajkumar
    "Immunoglobulin free light chain ratio is an independent risk factor for progression of smoldering (asymptomatic) multiple myeloma"
    Blood 2008 111(2):785-789

    Reference: MKG414 Quantity:

  28. Robert A. Kyle
    "Serum Free Light Chain Assays - Their Role in Multiple Myeloma"
    European Haematology 2007

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  29. Sundar Jagannath
    "Value of Serum Free Light Chain Testing for the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Monoclonal Gammopathies in Hematology."
    Clinical Lymphoma and Myeloma 2007 7(8):518-523

    Reference: MKG405 Quantity:

  30. Mayo Clinic
    "Laboratory Analysis for Monoclonal Gammopathies"
    Mayo Medical Laboratories Communiqué, 2007; 32(8):1-4
    Also available online at: http://mayomedicallaboratories.com/articles/communique/2007/08.html

    Reference: MKG385 Quantity:

  31. Editor: G.A. Herrera
    "The Kidney in Plasma Cell Dyscrasias"

    Contributions to Nephrology, volume 153. Published by Karger.

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  32. Frits van Rhee, Vanessa Bolejack, Klaus Hollmig, Mauricio Pineda-Roman, Elias Anaissie, Joshua Epstein, John D. Shaughnessy Jr, Maurizio Zangari, Guido Tricot, Abid Mohiuddin, Yazan Alsayed, Gail Woods, John Crowley, and Bart Barlogie
    "High serum-free light chain levels and their rapid reduction in response to therapy define an aggressive multiple myeloma subtype with poor prognosis"
    Blood, 2007; 110(3):827-832

    Reference: MKG381 Quantity:

  33. William Martin, Roshini Abraham, Tait Shanafelt, Raynell J. Clark, Nancy Bone, Susan M. Geyer, Jerry A. Katzmann, Arthur Bradwell, Neil E. Kay, and Thomas E. Witzig
    "Serum-Free Light Chain - A New Biomarker for Patients with B-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma and Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia"
    Translational Research, The Journal of Laboratory and Clinical Medicine, 2007; 149(4):231-236

    Reference: MKG379 Quantity:

  34. Marie-Christine Kyrtsonis, Theodoros P. Vassilakopoulos, Nicoletta Kafasi, Sotirios Sachanas, Tatiana Tzenou, Argiroula Papadogiannis, Zacharoula Galanism Christina Kalpadakis, Maria Dimou, Elias Kyriakou, Maria K. Angelopoulou, Maria N. Dimopoulou, Marina P. Siakantaris, Evangelia M. Dimitriadou, Styliani I. Kokoris, Panayiotis Panayiotidis and Gerassimos A. Pangalis
    "Prognostic value of serum free light chain ratio at diagnosis in multiple myeloma"
    British Journal of Haematology 2007; 137:240-243

    Reference: MKG370 Quantity:

  35. Fiona Kilvington
    "Eliminating urine testing during initial investigations for monoclonal gammopathies"
    Clinical Laboratory International May 2007; 3:16-17

    Reference: MKG369 Quantity:

  36. Freelite Pocket Guide (Spanish)

    Reference: MKG365.2 Quantity:

  37. A.R. Bradwell
    Serum Free Light Chain Analysis (Plus Hevylite)
    5th edition paperback

    Reference: MKG360 Quantity:

  38. Ulrike Mösbauer, Francis Ayuk, Heike Schieder, Michael Lioznov, Axel R. Zander, Nicolaus Kröger
    "Monitoring serum free light chains in patients with multiple myeloma who achieved negative immunofixation after allogeneic stem cell transplantation"
    haematologica 2007; 92:275-276

    Reference: MKG347 Quantity:

  39. Mark A. Dawson, Sushrut Patil, Andrew Spencer
    "Extramedullary relapse of multiple myeloma associated with a shift in secretion from intact immunoglobulin to light chains"
    haematologica 2007; 92:143-144

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  40. Replacing urine Bence Jones protein Information Pack

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  41. Colin A. Hutchison, Paul Cockwell, Steven Reid, Katie Chandler, Graham P. Mead, John Harrison, John Hattersley, Neil D. Evans, Mike J. Chappell, Mark Cook, Hermann Goehl, Markus Storr, and Arthur R. Bradwell
    "Efficient Removal of Immunoglobulin Free Light Chains by Hemodialysis for Multiple Myeloma: In Vitro and In Vivo Studies"
    J Am Soc Nephrol 2007 18: 886-895

    Reference: MKG344 Quantity:

  42. Jerry A. Katzmann, Angela Dispenzieri, Robert A. Kyle, Melissa R. Snyder, Matthew F. Plevak, Dirk R. Larson, Roshini S. Abraham, John A. Lust, L. Joseph Melton III, and S. Vincent Rajkumar.
    "Elimination of the Need for Urine Studies in the Screening Algorithm for Monoclonal Gammopathies by Using Serum Immunofixation and Free Light Chain Assays"
    Mayo Clin Proc. 2006;81(12):1575-1578

    Reference: MKG343 Quantity:

  43. Guillermo A. Herrera et al
    "Paraproteinemic Renal Diseases that Involve the Tubulo-Interstitium"
    Contributions to Nephrology, 153: 105-115

    Reference: MKG342 Quantity:

  44. Freelite Pocket Guide (French)

    Reference: MKG336.2 Quantity:

  45. Freelite Pocket Guide (English, USA Only)

    Reference: MKG334.2 Quantity:

  46. Jerry Katzmann
    "Serum Free Light Chain Specificity and Sensitivity: A Reality Check"
    Clinical Chemistry 2006 52 (9), 1638-1639

    Reference: MKG330 Quantity:

  47. Gene R. Shaw, MD
    "Nonsecretory Plasma Cell Myeloma - Becoming Even More Rare With Serum Free Light-Chain Assay"
    Arch Pathol Lab Med. 2006;130:1212-1215

    Reference: MKG328 Quantity:

  48. Peter G. Hill, Julia M. Forsyth, Baldeep Rai, and Stewart Mayne
    "Serum Free Light Chains: An Alternative Test to Urine Bence Jones Proteins When Screening for Monoclonal Gammopathies"
    Clin Chem 2006 52: 1743-1748.

    Reference: MKG326 Quantity:

  49. Freelite Pocket Guide (English International, Non-USA)

    Reference: MKG325.2 Quantity:

  50. BGM Durie et al.
    "International uniform response criteria for multiple myeloma"
    Leukemia (2006) 20, 1467-1473

    Reference: MKG320 Quantity:

  51. Jerry A. Katzmann.
    "Serum Free Light Chains - Quantitation and Clinical Utility In Assessing Monoclonal Gammopathies"
    Clinical Laboratory News, June 2006
    This paper is NOT available to order - please click here to download

  52. Dispenzieri et al.
    "Absolute values of Free Light chains are prognostic in patients with primary amyloidosis undergoing peripheral blood stem cell transplant"
    Blood 2006; 107: 3378-3383

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  53. Jude M. Abadie and Daniel D. Bankson.
    "Assessment of Serum Free Light Chain Assays for Plasma Cell Disorder Screening in a Veterans Affairs Population"
    Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science, 36 (2): 157 - 162.

    Reference: MKG310 Quantity:

  54. Hani Hassoun, Lilian Reich, Virginia M. Klimek et al.
    "Doxorubicin and dexamethasone followed by thalidomide and dexamethasone is an effective well tolerated initial therapy for multiple myeloma"
    BJH 2005, 132, 155-161.

    Reference: MKG295 Quantity:

  55. Morie A. Gertz, Ray Comenzo, Rodney H. Falk et al.
    "Definition of Organ Involvement and Treatment Response in Immunoglobulin Light Chain Amyloidosis (AL): A Consensus Opinion From the 10th International Symposium on Amyloid and Amyloidosis"
    American Journal of Hematology 2005. 79:319-328

    Reference: MKG293 Quantity:

  56. Mohammad R Nowrousian, Dieter Brandhorst, Christiane Sammet, Michaela Kellert, Rainer Daniels, Philipp Schuett, Miriam Poser, Siemke Mueller, Peter Ebeling, Anja Welt, Arthur R. Bradwell, Ulrike Buttkereit, Bertram Opalka, Michael Flasshove, Thomas Moritz and Siegfried Seeber.
    "Serum Free Light Chain Analysis and Urine Immunofixation Electrophoresis in Patients with Multiple Myeloma"
    Clin Cancer Res 2005;11 (24) 8706-8714

    Reference: MKG291 Quantity:

  57. S.Vincent Rajkumar, Robert A. Kyle, Terry M. Therneau, L. Joseph Melton III, Arthur R. Bradwell, Raynell J. Clark, Dirk R. Larson, Matthew F. Plevak, Angela Dispenzieri, Jerry A. Katzmann.
    "Serum free light chain ratio is an independent risk factor for progression in monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS)"
    Blood 2005;106;3: 812-817

    Reference: MKG275 Quantity:

  58. Nasir A, Bakshi, Ronald Gulbranson, Dabiel Gartska, Arthur R. Bradwell, and David F. Keren.
    "Serum free light chain FLC measurement can aid capillary zone electrophoresis in detecting subtle FLC-producing M proteins"
    Am J Clin Pathol 2005;124:214-218

    Reference: MKG261 Quantity:

  59. Jerry A. Katzmann, Roshini S. Abraham, Angela Dispenzieri, John A. Lust, and Robert A. Kyle.
    "Diagnostic Performance of Quantitative k and l Free Light Chain Assays in Clinical Practice"
    Clin Chem 2005;51:5:878-881

    Reference: MKG259 Quantity:

  60. Jerry A. Katzmann, PhD.
    "Quantitative Free Light Chain Assays for the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Monoclonal Gammopathies"
    Journ Clin Ligand Assay 2004/2005;27:4:246-255

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  61. Arthur R. Bradwell.
    "Serum Free Light Chain Measurements Move to Center Stage"
    Clin Chem 2005;51:5:805-807

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  62. G. P. Mead, H. D. Carr-Smith, M. T. Drayson, G. J. Morgan, J. A. Child and A. R. Bradwell.
    "Serum free light chains for monitoring multiple myeloma"
    BJH 2004;126:348-354

    Reference: MKG228 Quantity:

  63. United Kingdom Myeloma Forum on behalf of the British Committee for Standards in Haematology (BCSH).
    "Guidelines on the diagnosis and management of AL amyloidosis"
    BJH 2004;125:681-700

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  64. Marie-Alexandra Alyanakian, Aicha Abbas, Richard Delarue, Bertrand Arnulf and Pierre Aucouturier.
    "Free Immunoglobulin Light-Chain Serum Levels in the Follow-up of Patients With Monoclonal Gammopathies: Correlation With 24-hr Urinary Light-Chain Excretion"
    Am J Hematology 2004;75:246-248

    Reference: MKG222 Quantity:

  65. Helen J. Lachmann, Ruth Gallimore, Julian D. Gillmore, Hugh D. Carr-Smith, Arthur R. Bradwell, Mark B. Pepys and Philip N. Hawkins.
    "Outcome in systemic AL amyloidosis in relation to changes in concentration of circulating free immunoglobulin light chains following chemotherapy"
    BJH 2003;122:78-84

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  66. Roshini S Abraham, Jerry A Katzmann, Raynell J Clark, A R Bradwell, Robert A Kyle, Morie A Gertz.
    "Quantitative Analysis of Serum Free Light Chains"
    American Journal of Clinical Pathology (2003)

    Reference: MKG196 Quantity:

  67. Jerry A. Katzmann, Raynell J. Clark, Roshini S. Abraham, Sandra Bryant, James F. Lymp, Arthur R. Bradwell, and Robert A. Kyle.
    "Serum Reference Intervals And Diagnostic Ranges For Free κ And Free λ Immunoglobulin Light Chains: Relative Sensitivity For Detection Of Monoclonal Light Chains"
    Clin Chem 2002;48:9:1437-1444

    Reference: MKG194 Quantity:

  68. Arthur R Bradwell, Hugh D Carr-Smith, Graham P Mead, Timothy C Harvey, Mark T Drayson.
    "Serum test for assessment of patients with Bence Jones myeloma"
    Lancet 2003;361:489-491

    Reference: MKG189 Quantity:

  69. Mark Drayson, Liang X. Tang, Roger Drew, Graham P. Mead, Hugh Carr-Smith, and Arthur R. Bradwell.
    "Serum free light-chain measurements for identifying and monitoring patients with nonsecretory multiple myeloma"
    Blood 2001;97:9:2900-2902

    Reference: MKG183 Quantity:

  70. Arthur R. Bradwell, Hugh D. Carr-Smith, Graham P. Mead, Liang X. Tang, Paul J. Showell, Mark T. Drayson, and Roger Drew.
    "Highly Sensitive, Automated Immunoassay for Immunoglobulin Free Light Chains in Serum and Urine"
    Clin Chem 2001;47:4:673-680

    Reference: MKG182 Quantity:

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