hematuria in multiple myeloma

Authors

ali akbar handjani

bijan nazari

abstract

. frequent macroscopic hematuria in multiple myeloma is quite rare and exceptional and no report has been found in the literature. we have presented a case of multiple myeloma who developed frequent episodes of gross hematuria during her long lasting but slowly progressing course of the disease

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Journal title:
acta medica iranica

جلد ۸، شماره ۳-۴، صفحات ۱۱۹-۱۲۱

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