Clues potentially distinguishing lytic lesions of multiple myeloma from those of metastatic carcinoma

American Journal of Physical Anthropology

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 241-250

  Rothschild, B M ^a,e   Hershkovitz, I ^b,c   Dutour, O ^d  

^a NORTHEAST OHIO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

^e ARTHRITIS CENTER OF NORTHEAST OHIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Lytic lesions; Plasma cell dysplasia; Skeletal pathology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BONE REMODELING; CASE REPORT; CORTICAL BONE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PALEOPATHOLOGY; PLASMA CELL; TRABECULAR BONE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PALEOPATHOLOGY;

EID: 0031910125     PISSN: 00029483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8644(199802)105:2<241::AID-AJPA10>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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