Multiple myeloma: the cells of origin--a two-way street.

doi:10.1038/sj.leu.2400947

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Multiple myeloma: the cells of origin--a two-way street.

Leukemia - 1 Feb 1998

Berenson J R, Vescio R A, Said J

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Multiple myeloma results from an interplay between the monoclonal malignant plasma cells and supporting nonmalignant cells in the bone marrow. Recent studies suggest that the final transforming event in this B cell disorder occurs at a late stage of B cell differentiation based on the characteris...

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Genotype
Humans
Immunophenotyping
Multiple Myeloma

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