The last (February 1999) issue of Archives of Pathol Lab Med has the recommendations for analysis of M proteins. Quantitation of light chains (and ratio of the 2 types) is not recommended (specifically discouraged). For flow cytometry analysis of B cells there are criteria for considering clonal excess but these are not valid for serum immunoglobulins.
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