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What is the difference in benign and malignant paraproteinemia?
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Abnormal Proteins/My: Paraproteins are abnormal proteins which are often produced by Cancer cells unless proven otherwise. So it requires detailed testing looking for cancerous cell called Plasma cells in the bone marrow. There is one variant which may behave beningnly and is called monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance(MGUS). But some of the patients with MGUS do develop multiple myeloma,causing paraprot
Answered 7/5/2014
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