Transformation of a MGUS to overt multiple myeloma: The possible role of a pituitary macroadenoma secreting high levels of insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1)

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 543-545

  Tucci, Alessandra ^a   Bonadonna, Stefania ^b   Cattaneo, Chiara ^a   Ungari, Marco ^b   Giustina, Andrea ^b   Guiseppe, Rossi ^a  

^a Spedali Civili   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acromegaly; GH; IGF I; MGUS; Multiple myeloma

Indexed keywords

ANGIOPEPTIN; BENCE JONES PROTEIN; CORTICOSTEROID; GROWTH HORMONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; M PROTEIN; MELPHALAN; OCTREOTIDE; SOMATOMEDIN C; THALIDOMIDE;

ACROMEGALY; AGED; ANTIBODY BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BONE RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IN VITRO STUDY; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PANCYTOPENIA; PARALYTIC ILEUS; PATHOGENESIS; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL;

ADENOMA; AGED; CELL SURVIVAL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MYELOMA PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; OCTREOTIDE; PARAPROTEINEMIAS; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PLASMA CELLS; SOMATOSTATIN;

EID: 0242432627     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1042819021000037895     Document Type: Article

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