CASE REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

 

Low-secretory multiple myeloma

 

 

HF Visser^I; A Visser^II; JM Nel^I; V Moodley^III; A Swart^IV; R Pool^V

^IMBChB(Pret); Senior Registrar, Department Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Pretoria
^IIMBChB(Pret); Senior Registrar, Department Clinical Pathology, University of Pretoria, National Health Laboratory Service TAD
^IIIMBChB(UCT), MMed(Haemat); Consultant, Department Haematology, University of Pretoria, National Health Laboratory Service TAD
^IVMBChB(Pret), MPraxMed, MMed Path(Haem); Consultant, Department Haematology, University of Pretoria, National Health Laboratory Service TAD
^VMBChB(Pret), MMed(Haemat); Head: Department of Haematology, University of Pretoria, National Health Laboratory Service TAD

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Correspondence:
Dr A Visser
Senior Registrar
Department Clinical Pathology
University of Pretoria
Email: adele@up.ac.za

 

 

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