Detection and quantitation of malignant cells in the peripheral blood of multiple myeloma patients.

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Detection and quantitation of malignant cells in the peripheral blood of multiple myeloma patients.

Blood - 1 Oct 1992

Billadeau D, Quam L, Thomas W, Kay N, Greipp P, Kyle R, Oken M M, Van Ness B

Abstract excerpt

One of the distinguishing features of multiple myeloma (MM) is the proliferation of plasma cells that home to the bone marrow (BM). However, there still remains some uncertainty concerning the presence of related malignant cells in the peripheral blood of myeloma patients. Using consensus oligonu...

Topics

Base Sequence
Bone Marrow
DNA, Neoplasm
Gene Rearrangement
Genes, Immunoglobulin
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Multiple Myeloma
Mutation
Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
Polymerase Chain Reaction

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