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Diagnosis of multiple myeloma
1Department of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine, Mayo Clinic, 200 First Street SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
Seminars in Oncology
|January 10, 2003
Abstract:
Appropriate diagnosis of multiple myeloma is critical for proper initial therapy. This article describes the criteria necessary for the diagnosis of multiple myeloma and differentiates multiple myeloma from smoldering multiple myeloma, monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, other metastatic cancers, and amyloidosis.