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Molecular features responsible for the absence of immunoglobulin heavy chain protein synthesis in an IgH(-) subgroup of multiple myeloma.
Blood - 1 Aug 2000
Szczepański T, van 't Veer M B, Wolvers-Tettero I L, Langerak A W, van Dongen J J
Abstract excerpt
This study involved 12 patients with multiple myeloma (MM), in whom malignant plasma cells did not contain immunoglobulin heavy chain (IgH) protein chains. Southern blot analysis revealed monoallelic J(H) gene rearrangements in 10 patients, biallelic rearrangement in 1 patient, and biallelic deletion of the J(H) and C(micro) regions in 1 patient. Heteroduplex polymerase chain reaction analysis enabled the...
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