Quantifying the risk of multiple myeloma from symptoms reported in primary care patients: A large case-control study using electronic records

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 65, Issue 631, 2015, Pages e106-e113

  Shephard, Elizabeth A ^a   Neal, Richard D ^b   Rose, Peter ^c   Walter, Fiona M ^d   Litt, Emma J ^e   Hamilton, William T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e GLYNDWR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blood tests; Diagnosis; Hypercalcaemia; Leucopenia; Multiple myeloma; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE PAIN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEST INFECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPENIA; DYSPNEA; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NAUSEA; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RIB PAIN; RISK FACTOR; THORAX PAIN; VARICOSIS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL RATE; TRENDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; ODDS RATIO; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84921781670     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: 14785242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp15X683545     Document Type: Article

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