Guidelines for the diagnosis and management of multiple myeloma 2011

British Journal of Haematology

Volumn 154, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-75

  Bird, Jennifer M ^a   Owen, Roger G ^b   D'Sa, Shirley ^c   Snowden, John A ^d   Pratt, Guy ^e   Ashcroft, John ^b   Yong, Kwee ^c   Cook, Gordon ^b   Feyler, Sylvia ^f   Davies, Faith ^g   Morgan, Gareth ^g   Cavenagh, Jamie ^h   Low, Eric ⁱ   Behrens, Judith ^j  

^a BRISTOL HAEMATOLOGY AND ONCOLOGY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d SHEFFIELD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS BIRMINGHAM NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f CALDERDALE AND HUDDERSFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ MYELOMA UK   (United Kingdom)

^j ST HELIER HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Immunoglobulin; Laboratory haematology; Lymphoid malignancies; Malignant haematology; Myeloma; Myeloma therapy

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALPHA INTERFERON; AMIFOSTINE; BENDAMUSTINE; BISPHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BORTEZOMIB; CARFILZOMIB; CLODRONIC ACID; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; LENALIDOMIDE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; MELPHALAN; PAMIDRONIC ACID; POMALIDOMIDE; PREDNISOLONE; THALIDOMIDE; VINCRISTINE; ZOLEDRONIC ACID;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; ARTICLE; AUTONOMIC NEUROPATHY; BLOATING; BLOOD TOXICITY; BONE DISEASE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BONE PAIN; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL MALFORMATION; CONSTIPATION; CYTOPENIA; DIARRHEA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DRUG DOSE COMPARISON; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG ERUPTION; DRUG EXCRETION; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG INDICATION; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FATIGUE; FRACTURE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMODIALYSIS; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERVISCOSITY SYNDROME; INFECTION; JAW OSTEONECROSIS; KIDNEY FAILURE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; MUSCLE CRAMP; NEUROPATHY; NEUTROPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ORTHOSTATIC HYPOTENSION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PLASMA CELL LEUKEMIA; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RASH; SINGLE DRUG DOSE; SOMNOLENCE; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS; THROMBOSIS PREVENTION; THYROID DISEASE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VENOUS THROMBOEMBOLISM; VERTEBRA FRACTURE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BONE DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; HUMANS; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PERIPHERAL BLOOD STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE; RENAL INSUFFICIENCY; TISSUE AND ORGAN HARVESTING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79958846304     PISSN: 00071048     EISSN: 13652141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2141.2011.08573.x     Document Type: Article

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