Disease Associations With MGUS — Mayo Clinic study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings

Name: Disease Associations With MGUS — Mayo Clinic study published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings
Uploaded: 2012-12-18T00:00:00+00:00
Description: S. Vincent Rajkumar, M.D., Mayo Clinic hematologist, discusses the first systematic study to determine association of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) with all diseases in 17,398 patients, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

S. Vincent Rajkumar, M.D., Mayo Clinic hematologist, discusses the first systematic study to determine association of monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) with all diseases in 17,398 patients, published in Mayo Clinic Proceedings.

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December 18, 2012

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