Abstract:When monoclonal gammopathies arise in persons without evidence of plasma
cell malignancy or lymphoproliférative disease, the term ‘monoclonal gammopathy
of unknown significance’ (MGUS) can be used. MGUS is believed to
be the preneoplastic phase of lymphoproliférative diseases because many of
these patients eventually develop malignant disease, mainly multiple myeloma.
We have previously identified human papillomavirus (HPV) in a chronic
benign plasma cell tumor of the cervix and in the bone marrow of multiplem… Show more
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