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What is non-igm myeloma? isn't it different from multiple myeloma?
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The myeloma: Family is a proliferation of plasma cells, which produce antibodies or immunoglobulins. Igm is ass.Ociated with waldenstrom macro globulin, igg is the most familiar, but there is also iga, these further produce subunits, kappa and lambda chains. The abnormal clone usually is a xerox machine gone bad producing a copy of one of these chains. Myeloma causes problems by these cells destroying bone.
Answered 5/18/2014
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