Involved/uninvolved immunoglobulin ratio identifies monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance patients at high risk of progression to multiple myeloma

Br J Haematol. 2014 Mar;164(5):752-5. doi: 10.1111/bjh.12679. Epub 2013 Nov 22.

Authors

Mercedes Espiño¹, Silvia Medina, Maria Jesús Blanchard, Luisa M Villar

Affiliation

¹ Department of Immunology, Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.

PMID: 24261626
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.12679

No abstract available

Keywords: Immunoglobulins; heavy/light chain pairs; monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance; multiple myeloma; prognostic factors.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Biomarkers / blood
Disease Progression
Humans
Immunoglobulins / blood*
Middle Aged
Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance / diagnosis*
Multiple Myeloma / diagnosis*
Prognosis

Substances

Biomarkers
Immunoglobulins