Plasma cell leukemia: consensus statement on diagnostic requirements, response criteria and treatment recommendations by the International Myeloma Working Group.

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Published in Leukemia on November 21, 2012

Authors

C Fernández de Larrea1, R A Kyle, B G M Durie, H Ludwig, S Usmani, D H Vesole, R Hajek, J F San Miguel, O Sezer, P Sonneveld, S K Kumar, A Mahindra, R Comenzo, A Palumbo, A Mazumber, K C Anderson, P G Richardson, A Z Badros, J Caers, M Cavo, X LeLeu, M A Dimopoulos, C S Chim, R Schots, A Noeul, D Fantl, U-H Mellqvist, O Landgren, A Chanan-Khan, P Moreau, R Fonseca, G Merlini, J J Lahuerta, J Bladé, R Z Orlowski, J J Shah, International Myeloma Working Group

Author Affiliations

1: Amyloidosis and Myeloma Unit, Department of Hematology, IDIBAPS, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. cfernan1@clinic.ub.es

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