Multiple myeloma: Causes and consequences of delay in diagnosis

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 100, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 635-640

  Kariyawasan, C C ^a   Hughes, D A ^a   Jayatillake, M M ^b   Mehta, Atul B ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Department of Vascular and Transplant Surgery   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALLOGENIC BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASTHENIA; AWARENESS; BONE DISEASE; BONE PAIN; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGRESSION; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH STATUS; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; INFECTION; KIDNEY FAILURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYMPTOM; TIME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 35148897201     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcm077     Document Type: Article

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