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14q32 Translocations discriminate IgM multiple myeloma from Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia.
Seminars in oncology - 1 Apr 2003
Avet-Loiseau Hervé, Garand Richard, Lodé Laurence, Robillard Nelly, Bataille Régis
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Even though the diagnosis of Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia WM is usually clear, the differential diagnosis with IgM multiple myeloma (MM) might be possible. IgM MM is usually characterized by the accumulation of small mature plasma cells within the bone marrow, and the detection of a monoclonal IgM in the serum. However, in contrast with classical MM, IgM MM is rarely associated with these patients' extensive...
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