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ArticleCureus2022

Factors Explaining the Coincidence of Smoldering Multiple Myeloma and Primary Biliary Cholangitis: A Case Report.

Mirna El Dirani, Julius M Nagaratnam, Samer Kholoki

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Article in Cureus, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Mirna El DiraniInternal Medicine, Saint James School of Medicine, Chicago, USA.
Julius M NagaratnamInternal Medicine, Avalon University School of Medicine, Chicago, USA.
Samer KholokiInternal Medicine, La Grange Memorial Hospital, Chicago, USA.
Avalon University School of Medicine · CWAdventist La Grange Memorial Hospital · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To date, there have been nine reported instances of coinciding smoldering multiple myeloma (SMM) and primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). The term SMM was coined in 1980 to describe low-severity multiple myeloma cases, a hematologic neoplasia that involves the malignant proliferation of plasma cells. PBC is an autoimmune disorder targeting the intrahepatic bile ducts and is characterized by elevated anti-mitochondrial antibodies and often resulting in autoimmune liver cirrhosis. Currently, there is no plausible rationale for the coincidence of SMM and PBC in patients. This report investigates the relationship between SMM and PBC in a Hispanic 49-year-old female residing in the United States and attempts to determine the possible genetic and biochemical causes of this coincidence.

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autoimmune cirrhosisautoimmune disease and cancermultiple myeloma prognosisprimary biliary cirrhosis (pbc)smoldering multiple myeloma

Identifiers

PMID35974869
PMCPMC9375106
OpenAlexW4285394499

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