Capillary immunotyping electrophoresis and high resolution two-dimensional electrophoresis for the detection of mí-heavy chain disease

Abstract

We describe a patient with multiple malignancies in whom we detected and characterized monoclonal mí-heavy chains using immunofixation electrophoresis, capillary zone electrophoresis with immunotyping, and high resolution two-dimensional electrophoresis.

Keywords

• IgD
• multiple myeloma
• prognosis
• therapy
• autologous transplantation