Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (1214 page)

   Iron deficiency anemia

   Estrogen, pregnancy, or anabolic steroids

   Increase comigrates with transferrin, Hb (in excess to that bound in Hb-Hp complexes)

   Acute inflammation (later phase)

   Monoclonal immunoglobulins (IgA is frequent)

   Double bands

   Transferrin phenotypes (different degrees of sialation)

   Alcoholics

   
Gammaglobulin

   Polyclonal gammopathy: chronic, subacute infections (AIDS, hepatic infections, chronic liver associated with beta–gamma bridging, autoimmune disorders)

   Narrow band: monoclonal component, monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, fibrinogen, CRP

   Two narrow bands:

   Biclonal or double gammopathies