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Detection of clonal immunoglobulin gene rearrangements in the peripheral blood progenitor cells of patients with multiple myeloma: the potential role of purging with CD34 positive selection |
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| Authors: | R G Owen A P Haynes P A Evans R J Johnson A C Rawstron G McQuaker G M Smith M C Galvin D L Barnard N H Russell J A Child G J Morgan |
| Affiliation: | Centre for Haematological Oncology, The General Infirmary at Leeds, Great George Street, Leeds;Department of Haematology, City Hospital, Hucknall Road, Nottingham;Department of Haematology, Pinderfields General Hospital, Aberford Road, Wakefield;Department of Haematology, St James''s University Hospital, Beckett Street, Leeds |
| Abstract: | Aims—To determine the extent of clonal cell contamination of peripheral blood progenitor cell (PBPC) collections in patients with multiple myeloma (MM) and to assess the purging efficacy of CD34 positive selection. |
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