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IgD-λ myeloma with extensive free light-chain excretion: a diagnostic pitfall in the identification of monoclonal gammopathies

  • Christoph Robier EMAIL logo , Maria Piribauer , Christine Beham-Schmid , Kristina Aubell and Manfred Neubauer

Corresponding author: Christoph Robier, MD, Institute of Medical and Chemical Laboratory Diagnostics, Hospital of the Brothers of St. John of God, Graz, Bergstrasse 27, 8020 Graz, Austria, Phone: +43 316 5989 26671

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Employment or leadership: None declared.

  4. Honorarium: None declared.

  5. Competing interests: The funding organization(s) played no role in the study design; in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; in the writing of the report; or in the decision to submit the report for publication.

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Received: 2016-7-21
Accepted: 2016-10-10
Published Online: 2016-11-7
Published in Print: 2017-6-27

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