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How we manage patients with Waldenström macroglobulinaemia.
British journal of haematology - 1 Jun 2018
Simon Laurence, Baron Marine, Leblond Véronique
Abstract excerpt
Waldenström macroglobulinaemia (WM) is a rare, indolent B-cell lymphoproliferative disorder characterized by cellular involvement in bone marrow and monoclonal IgM production. Symptoms can be related to cytopenias, tumoural involvement, or IgM-related disorders. Somatic mutations in the MYD88 gene have been described in the majority of WM cases. The mutation is responsible for a gain-of-function and induces...
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