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Meeting abstract

https://doi.org/10.26800/LV-142-supp5-19

Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia - indolent disorder or slow killer?

Iva Ljubas ; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Ozana Miličević ; School of Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Inga Mandac Smoljanović ; Clinical Hospital Merkur, Department of Hematology, Zagreb, Croatia


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Abstract

Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) is an indolent (slow-growing) subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that affects small lymphocytes. The risk of WM increases with age with median age at diagnosis of 63 years. Men are more likely than women to develop the WM. The overall incidence of WM is approximately five cases per one million persons per year

Keywords

lymphoma; hyperviscosity syndrome; macroglobulinemia

Hrčak ID:

251662

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/251662

Publication date:

27.1.2021.

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