A long-term study of prognosis in monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 346, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 564-569

  Kyle, Robert A ^a   Therneau, Terry M ^a   Vincent Rajkumar, S ^a   Offord, Janice R ^a   Larson, Dirk R ^a   Plevak, Matthew F ^a   Joseph Melton III, L ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; PLASMA PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CHRONIC LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHOMA; MACROGLOBULINEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PLASMACYTOMA; POPULATION RISK; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AMYLOIDOSIS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC; LYMPHOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; WALDENSTROM MACROGLOBULINEMIA;

EID: 0037148921     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa01133202     Document Type: Article

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