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References for "Laboratory Strategies for Detecting Multiple Myeloma"


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  1. Kyle RA, Therneau TM, Rajkumar SV, Larson DR, Plevak MF, Orford JR, Dispenzieri A, Katzmann JA, Melton LJ. A long-term study of prognosis in monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. N Engl J Med. 2002;346(8):564-569.
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  10. Rajkumar SV, Kyle RA, Therneau TM, Melton LJ 3rd, Bradwell AR, Clark RJ, Larson DR, Plevak MF, Dispenzieri A, Katzmann JA. Serum free light chain ratio is an independent risk factor for progression in monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance. Blood 2005 Aug 1; 106(3):812-7.
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  12. Kyrtsonis, M. C., T. P. Vassilakopoulos, et al. (2007). "Prognostic value of serum free light chain ratio at diagnosis in multiple myeloma." Br J Haematol 137(3): 240-3.
  13. Dispenzieri A, Lacy MQ, Katzmann JA, Rajkumar SV, Abraham RS, Hayman SR, Kumar SK, Clark R, Kyle RA, Litzow MR, Inwards DJ, Ansell SM, Micallef IM, Porrata LF, Elliott MA, Johnston PB, Greipp PR, Witzig TE, Zeldenrust SR, Russell SJ, Gastineau D, and Gertz MA. Absolute values of immunoglobulin free light chains are prognostic in patients with primary systemic amyloidosis undergoing peripheral blood stem cell transplantation. Blood. 2006;107:3378-3383.