To assess the cancer risk of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) we identified 1229 cases of MGUS in the period 1978 to 1993. Data on cancer occurrence in the MGUS cohort were obtained from the Danish Cancer Registry. The expected numbers of cancer cases were calculated from ag
Prevalence of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance in an elderly urban Korean population
β Scribed by Hyun-Kyung Park; Kyoung-Ryul Lee; Young-Jin Kim; Han-Ik Cho; Jung Eun Kim; Ki Woong Kim; Yu Jung Kim; Keun-Wook Lee; Jee Hyun Kim; Soo-Mee Bang; Jong-Seok Lee
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2011
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 80 KB
- Volume
- 86
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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