Multiple Myeloma and Related Diseases

Author: Hou Jian / Fu Wei Jun, Editors
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Publish Date: 2002-10-01
Features: This book is the first specialized work in China on multiple myeloma and related diseases. It systematically introduces the epidemiology of plasma cell diseases, the origin of myeloma cells, cytogenetics, and molecular biology, the pathophysiology of myeloma, the clinical manifestations, diagnosis, staging, treatment, and management of complications of multiple myeloma. It also provides detailed discussions on related diseases of multiple myeloma, such as monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS), solitary plasmacytoma and extramedullary plasmacytoma, primary amyloidosis, heavy chain disease, cryoglobulinemia, and other plasma cell disorders.