Retrospective study of the incidence and patterns of arterial and venous thrombosis in Chinese versus African American patients with multiple myeloma

Br J Haematol. 2017 Jan;176(2):315-317. doi: 10.1111/bjh.13942. Epub 2016 Jan 26.

Authors

Radha Raghupathy¹, Sabarish Ayyappan², Dhivya Prabhakar², Erica L Campagnaro², Frankie K F Mo¹, Wa Li¹, Edwin P Hui¹, Anthony T C Chan¹, Kenny I K Lei¹

Affiliations

¹ Partner State Key Laboratory of Oncology in South China, Sir Y K Pao Centre for Cancer, Department of Clinical Oncology, Hong Kong Cancer Institute and Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
² Department of Hematology and Oncology, University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Cleveland, OH, USA.

PMID: 26814167
DOI: 10.1111/bjh.13942

No abstract available

Keywords: African Americans; Chinese; immunomodulators; multiple myeloma; thrombosis.

MeSH terms

Aged
Asian People
Black or African American
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Multiple Myeloma / epidemiology*
Multiple Myeloma / pathology
Retrospective Studies
Venous Thrombosis / epidemiology*
Venous Thrombosis / etiology*