Monoclonal protein detection at Al-Amiri hospital, Kuwait

During a three year period, 1066 sera were electrophoresed either by cellulose acetate or agarose gel in the Biochemistry laboratory in a 500 bed hospital in Kuwait; 12 [1.1%] discrete bands were detected visually and characterised by immunofixation electrophoresis. 67% of the 12 typed were of the IgG subclass. The incidence in patients classified as Kuwaitis is 0.9%. The incidence and distribution of the type of immunoglobulins are similar to those detected for other populations studied