Bence-Jones protein
Bence-Jones protein (benss-joh'nz) n. a protein of low molecular weight found in the urine of patients with multiple myeloma and rarely in patients with lymphoma, leukaemia, and Hodgkin's disease. [ H. Bence-Jones (1814–73), British physician]
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