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SPEP
Normal SPEP of blood showing a peak in the measurement of albumin (the most plentiful protein in the blood), lower levels of the other proteins, grouped into areas labeled alpha 1 and 2, beta (with two bumps also known as 1 and 2) and gamma, which is where the antibody proteins lie on the graph. From https://www.myeloma.org/monoclonal-protein-tests
Result for a patient with myeloma. In addition to the spike for albumin, there is another tall spike. The red arrow in the gamma region of the graph indicates this spike. From https://www.myeloma.org/monoclonal-protein-tests