Editors:
The only book dedicated to this intriguing family of diseases and the latest exciting developments in novel therapies
Disease-specific chapters cover biology, disease course, and appropriate therapeutic interventions
Translates the knowledge grained from the study of multiple myeloma into practical applications for rarer plasma cell dyscrasias
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This unique book focuses on the non-myeloma plasma cell dyscrasias. A key resource for this group of diseases, the book features the latest in emerging knowledge and therapeutic developments, including novel therapies. Each disease-specific chapter discusses biology, disease course, and appropriate therapeutic interventions, covering plasma cell leukemia, plasmacytoma, POEMS Syndrome and Castleman's Disease, Waldenström macroglobulinemia, immunoglobin deposition disease, and cryoglobulinemic syndromes, among others. The only book dedicated to this intriguing family of diseases, Biology and Management of Unusual Plasma Cell Dyscrasias will be a long-lasting reference for clinicians and scientists alike.
Keywords
- Amyloidosis
- Castleman's disease
- Cryoglobulinemia
- Extramedullary plasmacytoma
- Heavy chain disease
- IgM MGUS
- Immunoglobulin deposition disease
- Monoclonal gammapathy
- POEMS syndrome
- Plasma cell leukemia
- Plasmacytoma
- Primary systemic amyloidosis
- Renal disease associated with MGUS
- Solitary bone plasmacytoma
- Systemic capillary leak syndrome
- Unusual plasma cell dyscrasias
- Waldenstrom’s macroglobulinemia
Editors and Affiliations
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Section of Hematology/Oncology MC2115, University of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Todd M. Zimmerman
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Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, USA
Shaji K. Kumar
About the editors
Todd M. Zimmerman, MD
Section of Hematology/Oncology
The University of Chicago
Chicago, IL, USA
Shaji Kumar, MD
Division of Hematology
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN, USA
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Biology and Management of Unusual Plasma Cell Dyscrasias
Editors: Todd M. Zimmerman, Shaji K. Kumar
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4419-6848-7
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Medicine, Medicine (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-6847-0Published: 17 September 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4939-7926-4Published: 21 April 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4419-6848-7Published: 17 September 2016
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 202
Number of Illustrations: 5 b/w illustrations, 12 illustrations in colour
Topics: Hematology, Oncology