Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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8615181 | Clinical Lymphoma Myeloma and Leukemia | 2018 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
To the best of our knowledge, the present study is the first systematic study on the prevalence of MGUS in an Indian population. The overall prevalence of MGUS was 1.43% in the evaluated Indian cohort, lower than that reported for white and black populations. The incidental detection of 6 subjects with multiple myeloma of 3429 screened subjects in our study was high compared with the reported incidence of multiple myeloma in India of only 1.9 per 100,000 persons. This finding indicates the need to create awareness about myeloma-related symptoms and screening studies in appropriate age groups, at least in the hospital-based setting.
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Authors
Ritu Gupta, Meetu Dahiya, Lalit Kumar, Varun Shekhar, Atul Sharma, Lakshmy Ramakrishnan, Om Dutt Sharma, Abida Begum,