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ReviewZeitschrift fur Rheumatologie2017

[Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance and multiple myeloma].

M Schmalzing, H-P Tony, S Knop

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Review in Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. [Update: DMARDs for MGUS].Zeitschrift fur Rheumatologie · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

M SchmalzingMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Oberdürrbacher Straße 6, 97080, Würzburg, Deutschland. schmalzing_m@ukw.de.
H-P TonyMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Oberdürrbacher Straße 6, 97080, Würzburg, Deutschland.
S KnopMedizinische Klinik und Poliklinik II, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Oberdürrbacher Straße 6, 97080, Würzburg, Deutschland.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In rheumatological practice monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) is a common incidental finding. Several rheumatic inflammatory diseases are known to have an elevated risk of MGUS, which can evolve into multiple myeloma or other lymphatic malignancies. The relevant definitions of disease entities are described, as well as algorithms for further diagnostic work-up and follow-up for monoclonal gammopathy, depending on the risk of progression. Therapeutic strategies against multiple myeloma are presented. Some of these therapeutic modalities could play a future role in treating plasma cell-dominated autoimmune diseases.

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Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined SignificanceMultiple MyelomaParaproteinemiasDisease ProgressionHumansDisease-modifying antirheumatic drugsMonoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significanceMultiple myelomaRheumatoid arthritisSjögren’s syndrome

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