PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Faiman, Beth
AU  - Licata, Angelo A.
TI  - New tools for detecting occult monoclonal gammopathy, a cause of secondary osteoporosis
AID  - 10.3949/ccjm.77a.09091
DP  - 2010 Apr 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - 273--278
VI  - 77
IP  - 4
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/77/4/273.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/77/4/273.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2010 Apr 01; 77
AB  - Most patients with multiple myeloma or other monoclonal gammopathies present with anemia, hypercalcemia, or renal insufficiency. However, osteoporosis may be the first sign. Measuring the concentration and ratio of free light chains in the serum can help detect monoclonal gammopathy and help to differentiate myeloma-related bone loss from other secondary forms of osteoporosis.