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Science 16 April 1965:
Vol. 148. no. 3668, pp. 376 - 377
DOI: 10.1126/science.148.3668.376
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Myeloma Proteins and the Clinical Response to Melphalan Therapy

Daniel E. Bergsagel 1, Philip J. Migliore 2, and Kenneth M. Griffith 3

1 Department of Medicine
2 Department of Pathology
3 Southwest Cancer Chemotherapy Study Group Headquarters, University of Texas M. D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, 6723 Bertner Avenue, Houston

Objective improvement after therapy with melphalan occurred in all patients producing only Bence Jones kappa proteins, in half of the patients with myeloma serum proteins, and in none of those producing only Bence Jones lambda proteins.


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