Bence-Jones protein (b ns j nz)n. A protein with high thermosolubility occurring in the serum and urine of patients with certain diseases, especially multiple myeloma. |
Bence-Jones protein
Light chain of an immunoglobulin that may be overproduced in Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia; it is excreted in the urine.
Mentioned in: Multiple Myeloma, Waldenström's Macroglobulinemia
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