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Monoclonal Gammopathy of Renal Significance.

Authors :
Leung, Nelson
Bridoux, Frank
Nasr, Samih H.
Source :
New England Journal of Medicine. 5/20/2021, Vol. 384 Issue 20, p1931-1941. 11p.
Publication Year :
2021

Abstract

The article focuses on monoclonal gammopathy of renal significance, a term that describes any B-cell or plasma-cell clonal disorder that does not fulfill the criteria for cancer yet produces a nephrotoxic monoclonal immunoglobulin that leads to kidney injury or disease. Topics include criiteria for treatment of chronic lymphocytic leukemia are lymphocytosis; and patients who neither meet the clonal burden criterion nor have end-organ damage receive a diagnosis of monoclonal gammopathy.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00284793
Volume :
384
Issue :
20
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
New England Journal of Medicine
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
150400835
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJMra1810907