IgM MGUS and Waldenstrom-associated anti-MAG neuropathies display similar response to rituximab therapy
Marta Campagnolo1, Renato Zambello2, Eduardo Nobile-Orazio3
1Department of Neurosciences, University of Padova, Padua, Italy.
Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Psychiatry
|May 15, 2017
Abstract
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IgM paraproteinWaldenstrom’s Macroglobulinemiaantibodymonoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS).myelin-associated glycoprotein (MAG)neuropathyrituximabMore Related Videos
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