Comparison of clinical and laboratory characteristics of nonsecretory multiple myeloma and secretory multiple myeloma in a tertiary care hospital.

Hee-Jeong Youk Daehyun Chu Chan Jeoung Park Eul-Ju Seo Seongsoo Jang Young-Uk Cho Jung Hee Lee Dok Hyun Yoon Cheolwon Suh

Published in: International journal of laboratory hematology (2022)

NSM patients showed different clinical and laboratory characteristics from SM patients. FCM immunophenotyping and sFLC assay particularly had differences between NSM patients and SM patients. Thus, they are essential for diagnosing NSM.

Keyphrases

end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
prognostic factors
multiple myeloma
peritoneal dialysis
patient reported outcomes
high throughput
flow cytometry