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The biology of multiple myeloma.
Journal of cancer research and clinical oncology - 1 Aug 2000
Drach J, Kaufmann H, Urbauer E, Schreiber S, Ackermann J, Huber H
Abstract excerpt
Multiple myeloma (MM) is a B-cell malignancy originating from pre-switched, follicle center B-lymphocytes which differentiate to plasma cells accumulating in the bone marrow. MM cells are characterized by a profound genetic instability resulting in a complex set of numerical and structural chromosomal abnormalities. Among these abnormalities, translocations involving 14q32, the immunoglobulin heavy-chain locus,...
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