pseudoparaproteinemia

pseudoparaproteinemia

An ↑ of transferrin to ≥ 2-fold normal–2-4 g/L; US: 200-400 mg/dl, in response to severe iron-deficiency anemia; because transferrin exists as a single molecular species and migrates as a 'tight' band in the β region in serum electrophoresis, it mimics paraproteinemia