A population-based registry on paraproteinaemia in the Netherlands

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 914-920

  Ong, F ^a,g   Hermans, J ^b   Noordijk, E M ^c   Wijermans, P W ^d   Seelen, P J ^e   De Kieviet, W ^d,f   Gerrits, W B J ^d   Kluin, Ph M ^c   Kluin Nelemans, J C ^c  

^a Integraal Kankercentrum West   (Netherlands)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d LEYENBURG HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^e MEDICAL CENTER HAAGLANDEN   (Netherlands)

^f ONZE LIEVE VROUWE GASTHUIS   (Netherlands)

^g NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance; Multiple myeloma; Paraproteins; Population based registry

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE PAIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAISE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NETHERLANDS; PARAPROTEINEMIA; PLASMACYTOMA; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031444256     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1997.4943298.x     Document Type: Article

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