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Light chain multiple myeloma in a patient with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis

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    Alexandra Alexopoulou, Spyros P. Dourakis, Alexandra Apostolopoulou, Anna Kandyli, Helen Pandelidaki & Athanasios J. Archimandritis

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Alexopoulou, A., Dourakis, S.P., Apostolopoulou, A. et al. Light chain multiple myeloma in a patient with long-standing rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Rheumatol 24, 669–670 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-005-1089-6

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