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Edited by Jayesh Mehta and Seema Singhal. 539 pp., illustrated. London, Martin Dunitz, 2002. $150. ISBN 1-901865-50-9.

Myeloma is a comprehensive overview of multiple myeloma and related plasma-cell disorders. Almost all the international experts in the field have contributed to this book. The numerous remarkable figures, schematic diagrams, photographs, and tables make the book a pleasure to read. The book is well organized, and each chapter contains a large and well-selected reference list.

Part 1 (chapters 1 through 8), which is devoted to the biology of monoclonal gammopathies, is exciting. The differentiation of B cells into plasma cells and the morphologic and immunophenotypic features of plasma cells are clearly presented. The immunophenotypic distinction between normal and malignant . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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