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Inmunoelectroforesis sérica - Results

Nombres alternativos

Inmunoelectroforesis en suero; Electroforesis de inmunoglobulinas en suero; Electroforesis de gammaglobulinas; Electroforesis de inmunoglobulinas séricas

Valores normales:

No se detectan anticuerpos monoclonales.

Significado de los resultados anormales:

Los resultados anormales pueden deberse a ciertos tipos de cáncer como el mieloma múltiple y la leucemia linfocítica crónica.

Las células relacionadas con estos tipos de cáncer producen un tipo de proteína llamada inmunoglobulina monoclonal, que se puede detectar con este examen. Sin embargo, algunas personas tienen inmunoglobulinas monoclonales, pero no tienen cáncer. Esto se denomina "gammapatía monoclonal de significado incierto" o GMSI.

Examen de sangre

Reviewed last on: 6/2/2010
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.

Referencias

McPherson RA, Pincus MR, eds. Henry's Clinical Diagnosis and Management by Laboratory Methods. 21st ed. Philadelphia, Pa: Saunders Elsevier; 2006.

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