TY - JOUR
T1 - Urinary Immunoglobulins in Patients With Cancer
AU - Lindström, Folke D.
AU - Jr., Ralph C.Williams
AU - Theologides, Athanasios
PY - 1970/10
Y1 - 1970/10
N2 - Urinary immunoglobulins were studied in 63 patients with different types of cancer. The main object was to investigate the occurrence of monoclonal immunoglobulins, primarily of the Bence Jones type, in the urine. Cancer of the breast dominated in the group as a whole (23 cases), and different forms of gastrointestinal cancer dominated among the remaining cases. Elevated levels of urinary light chains were discovered in 8 out of 63 patients. A marked predominance of kappa‐type light chains was noted, similar to what has been observed in leukaemia and lymphoma. However, they lacked the electrophoretic homogeneity of Bence Jones protein.
AB - Urinary immunoglobulins were studied in 63 patients with different types of cancer. The main object was to investigate the occurrence of monoclonal immunoglobulins, primarily of the Bence Jones type, in the urine. Cancer of the breast dominated in the group as a whole (23 cases), and different forms of gastrointestinal cancer dominated among the remaining cases. Elevated levels of urinary light chains were discovered in 8 out of 63 patients. A marked predominance of kappa‐type light chains was noted, similar to what has been observed in leukaemia and lymphoma. However, they lacked the electrophoretic homogeneity of Bence Jones protein.
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U2 - 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1970.tb01918.x
DO - 10.1111/j.1600-0609.1970.tb01918.x
M3 - Article
C2 - 4098826
AN - SCOPUS:0014891240
SN - 0036-553X
VL - 7
SP - 383
EP - 388
JO - Scandinavian Journal of Haematology
JF - Scandinavian Journal of Haematology
IS - 5
ER -
