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Original Article: Clinical

Serum immunoglobulin free light chain correlates with tumor burden markers in Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia

Xavier Leleu Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA; Service des Maladies du Sang, CHRU, Lille, France
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Anne-Sophie Moreau Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA; Service des Maladies du Sang, CHRU, Lille, France
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Edie Weller Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard School of Public Health Boston, MA, USA
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Aldo M. Roccaro Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA
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ValéRie Coiteux Service des Maladies du Sang, CHRU, Lille, France
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Robert Manning Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA
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Marybeth Nelson Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA
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Renee Leduc Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA
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Daniela Robu Service des Maladies du Sang, CHRU, Lille, France
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Sophie Dupire Service des Maladies du Sang, CHRU, Lille, France
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Evdoxia Hatjiharissi Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA
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Nicholas Burwick Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA
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Stéphane Darre Service des Maladies du Sang, CHRU, Lille, France
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Bernadette Hennache Laboratoire de Biochimie, CHRU, Lille, France
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Steven P. Treon Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USA
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Thierry Facon Service des Maladies du Sang, CHRU, Lille, France
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Morie A. Gertz Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, RochesterUSA
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Irene M. Ghobrial Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and Harvard Medical School Boston, MA, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 1104-1107 | Received 05 Feb 2008, Accepted 21 Mar 2008, Published online: 01 Jul 2009

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