Anti-myeloma activity of pamidronate in vivo

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 530-532

  Dhodapkar, Madhav V ^a   Singh, Joginder ^a   Mehta, Jayesh ^a   Fassas, Athanasios ^a   Desikan, K R ^a   Perlman, Martin ^a   Munshi, Nikhil C ^a   Barlogie, Bart ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisphosphonates; Bone; Growth; Myeloma; Pamidronate

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA CHAIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PAMIDRONIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BONE DENSITY; BONE GROWTH; BONE MINERAL; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CELL LABELING; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MYELOMA; PLASMACYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE DIAGNOSIS;

AGED; BONE MARROW; DIPHOSPHONATES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PLASMA CELLS;

EID: 0031782314     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.1998.00976.x     Document Type: Article

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