MASS-FIX for the detection of monoclonal proteins and light chain N-glycosylation in routine clinical practice: a cross-sectional study of 6315 patients

Abstract Immunoenrichment-based matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF-MS), termed MASS-FIX, offers several advantages over immunofixation for the detection and isotyping of serum monoclonal protein, including superior sensitivity and specificity, the...

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Main Authors: Patrick W. Mellors, Surendra Dasari, Mindy C. Kohlhagen, Taxiarchis Kourelis, Ronald S. Go, Eli Muchtar, Morie A. Gertz, Shaji K. Kumar, Francis. K. Buadi, Maria A. V. Willrich, John A. Lust, Prashant Kapoor, Martha Q. Lacy, David Dingli, Yi Hwa, Amie Fonder, Miriam Hobbs, Susan Hayman, Rahma Warsame, Nelson R. Leung, Yi Lin, Wilson Gonsalves, Mustaqeem Siddiqui, Robert A. Kyle, S. Vincent Rajkumar, David L. Murray, Angela Dispenzieri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Blood Cancer Journal
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41408-021-00444-0