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- Overview
- Results
- Risks
- Prevention
- Images
Monoclonal immunoglobulins are not present.
What abnormal results mean
The presence of monoclonal proteins may indicate:
- Immune system disorders such as multiple myeloma or Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia
- Cancer
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Immunofixation Risks
Review Date: 06/02/2010
Reviewed By: David C. Dugdale, III, MD, Professor of Medicine, Division of
General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Washington
School of Medicine; Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow
Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital. Also reviewed
by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
