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Research Article

Immunohistological diagnosis of plasma cell myeloma based on cytoplasmic kappa/lambda ratio of CD138-positive plasma cells

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Pages 2205-2209 | Received 30 Nov 2011, Accepted 11 Apr 2012, Published online: 21 May 2012

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