DIFFERENTIATION OF BENIGN MONOCLONAL GAMMOPATHY AND SMOULDERING MULTIPLE-MYELOMA FROM FRANK MYELOMA
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 50 (3) , 596-600
Abstract
Circulating Ig secreting cells of each type of the different Ig classes were enumerated using a reverse hemolytic plaque assay in 9 patients with the pre-clinical phase of IgG myeloma (6 with benign monoclonal gammopathy and 3 with smouldering multiple myeloma). A shift in the ratio of IgG.kappa. to IgG.lambda. secreting cells without a significant increase in the total number of IgG secreting cells (i.e., the number of IgG.kappa. plus IgG.lambda. secreting cells) was a constant feature noted in every subject.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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