Immunoglobulin heavy/light chain ratios improve paraprotein detection and monitoring, identify residual disease and correlate with survival in multiple myeloma patients.

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Published in Leukemia on July 17, 2012

Authors

H Ludwig1, D Milosavljevic, N Zojer, J M Faint, A R Bradwell, W Hübl, S J Harding

Author Affiliations

1: Wilhelminenhospital Department of Medicine I, Center for Oncology and Hematology, Wilhelminenspital, Vienna, Austria. heinz.ludwig@wienkav.at

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