Bence jones protein

- human immunoglobulin kappa and/or lambda light chains detected in their free form in serum or urine samples as a result of overproduction by plasma cells due to neoplastic proliferation. Detection of immunoglobulin light chains in concentrations that exceed that of heavy chains is associated with plasma cell neoplasms.

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