Are African primary physicians suspicious enough? Challenges of multiple myeloma diagnosis in Africa

• Main Authors: Erick Thokerunga (Author), Christopher Ntege (Author), Abdullahi Omar Ahmed (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: SpringerOpen, 2021-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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Abstract Background Multiple myeloma is a hematological malignancy of plasma cells belonging to a spectrum of monoclonal protein-secreting disorders known as paraproteinemias. It is classically characterized by accumulated plasma cells in the bone marrow, renal insufficiency, hypercalcemia, and bone...