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The prognostic value of diagnosing concurrent multiple myeloma in immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis.
British journal of haematology - 1 May 2013
Dinner Shira, Witteles Wesley, Witteles Ronald, Lam Anthony, Arai Sally, Lafayette Richard, George Tracy I, Schrier Stanley L, Liedtke Michaela
Abstract excerpt
The prevalence and prognostic value of a concomitant diagnosis of symptomatic or asymptomatic multiple myeloma (MM), as defined by the current International Myeloma Working Group (IMWG) criteria, in patients with immunoglobulin light chain amyloidosis (AL), are unknown. We studied 46 consecutive patients with AL who underwent quantification of serum M-protein and clonal bone marrow plasma cells, as well as a...
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