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Q75 Single choice

A 67-year-old female was admitted to the hospital because of chronic fatigue and low back pain. An x- ray of the vertebral column showed diffuse osteoporosis and compression fractures of L1 and L2 vertebral bodies. The complete blood count (CBC) was within normal limits. The peripheral blood smear showed rouleaux formation. The immunoelectrophoresis showed a monoclonal spike of more than 3 g. A bone marrow biopsy was performed and showed an increase of more than 20% in plasma cells see Figure below

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In this particular patient what would be the electrophoretical characteristic changes?

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