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Original Articles: Clinical

An infrequent relapse of multiple myeloma predominantly manifesting as light chain escape: clinical experience from two Chinese centers

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Pages 1844-1849 | Received 27 Nov 2009, Accepted 02 Jul 2010, Published online: 17 Sep 2010

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