Immunoglobulin heavy/light chain ratios improve paraprotein detection and monitoring, identify residual disease and correlate with survival in multiple myeloma patients.

Ludwig, H; Milosavljevic, D; Zojer, N; Faint, J M; Bradwell, A R; Hübl, W; Harding, S J

Ludwig, H; Milosavljevic, D; Zojer, N; Faint, J M; Bradwell, A R; Hübl, W; Harding, S J.

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Ludwig H; Wilhelminenhospital Department of Medicine I, Center for Oncology and Hematology, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna, Austria. heinz.ludwig@wienkav.at

Leukemia ; 27(1): 213-9, 2013 Jan.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22955329

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Biomarkers/blood; Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains/blood; Immunoglobulin Light Chains/blood; Monitoring, Physiologic; Multiple Myeloma/blood; Neoplasm, Residual/diagnosis; Paraproteinemias/diagnosis; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Blood Protein Electrophoresis; Female; Follow-Up Studies; Humans; Immunoelectrophoresis; Immunoglobulin Isotypes/blood; Immunophenotyping; Male; Middle Aged; Multiple Myeloma/therapy; Neoplasm, Residual/blood; Neoplasm, Residual/mortality; Paraproteinemias/blood; Paraproteinemias/mortality; Prognosis; Risk Factors; Survival Rate

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Paraproteinemias / Biomarkers / Immunoglobulin Heavy Chains / Immunoglobulin Light Chains / Neoplasm, Residual / Monitoring, Physiologic / Multiple Myeloma Type of study: Diagnostic_studies / Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Leukemia Journal subject: HEMATOLOGIA / NEOPLASIAS Year: 2013 Document type: Article Affiliation country: Austria Country of publication: United kingdom

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