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Genetic predisposition for multiple myeloma.
Leukemia - 1 Mar 2020
Pertesi Maroulio, Went Molly, Hansson Markus, Hemminki Kari, Houlston Richard S, Nilsson Björn
Abstract excerpt
Multiple myeloma (MM) is the second most common blood malignancy. Epidemiological family studies going back to the 1920s have provided evidence for familial aggregation, suggesting a subset of cases have an inherited genetic background. Recently, studies aimed at explaining this phenomenon have begun to provide direct evidence for genetic predisposition to MM. Genome-wide association studies have identified...
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