Sinclair David, Cranfield Tanya, Ganczakowski Mary
Department of Chemical Pathology, Queen Alexandra Hospital, Portsmouth, UK.
Clin Lab. 2003;49(3-4):129-34.
The relationship between serum paraprotein and beta2-microglobulin (B2m) levels was studied in serial samples from 41 patients with myeloma. A positive correlation coefficient was found in 70.7% of myeloma patients indicating that no extra information was gained from measuring both analytes routinely. As a result, the workload for B2m fell without any diminution in clinical service.
对41例骨髓瘤患者的系列样本研究了血清副蛋白与β2-微球蛋白（B2m）水平之间的关系。70.7%的骨髓瘤患者中发现了正相关系数，这表明常规同时检测这两种分析物并不能获得额外信息。结果，B2m的工作量减少了，而临床服务没有任何减少。
