Prevalence and progression of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance and light-chain MGUS in Germany
✍ Scribed by Lewin Eisele; Jan Dürig; Andreas Hüttmann; Ulrich Dührsen; Roland Assert; Beate Bokhof; Raimund Erbel; Klaus Mann; Karl-Heinz Jöckel; Susanne Moebus; on behalf of the Heinz Nixdorf Recall Study Investigative Group
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 157 KB
- Volume
- 91
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0939-5555
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## Abstract Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), the precursor to multiple myeloma, is more common in blacks than whites. The serum free light chain (sFLC) assay is an important prognostic test in MGUS, but no study has evaluated sFLC levels and ratios in black MGUS patients.
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