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Differential expression of CD56 and CD44 in the evolution of extramedullary myeloma
1 Feb 2002
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We report on the different expression of CD56 and CD44 in plasma cells (PCs) simultaneously collected from bone marrow, extramedullary locations and peripheral blood in seven patients with multiple myeloma. Extramedullary PCs showed absence of CD56. In the bone marrow, however, subsets with varying CD56 expression were found in five out of seven patients, with one subset corresponding to that of extramedullar...
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