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Plasmacytoma and multiple myeloma in Basrah province

    Jasim.M. AL-Diab Osama G. AL-Asady Salim L. AL-Saad

The Medical Journal of Basrah University, 2013, Volume 31, Issue 2, Pages 75-78
10.33762/mjbu.2013.90719

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Abstract

Objective: to study trends of multiple myeloma and plasmacytoma in Basrah as a model of Asian countries and compare the results with those of western records.
Methods: retrospective review of 102 cases of multiple myeloma and plasmacytoma of both sexes registered in Basrah through the years 1996-2010 regarding their demographic features the collected dated tabulated and analyzed.
Results: a total of 102 patient, 62 males and 40 females with a median age for males 56 years and for females 55 years multiple myeloma represented 92.2% of total cases while plasmacytoma represented 7.8%.
Conclusion:
-Incidence rate of multiple myeloma and plsmacytoma in eastern countries seems comparable to incidence rate in eastern countries but the incidence is low when compared to western statistics.
-Multiple myeloma and plasmacytoma showed no significant changes through the last 15 years.
Keywords:
    multiple myeloma plasmacytoma demographic features
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(2013). Plasmacytoma and multiple myeloma in Basrah province. The Medical Journal of Basrah University, 31(2), 75-78. doi: 10.33762/mjbu.2013.90719
Jasim.M. AL-Diab; Osama G. AL-Asady; Salim L. AL-Saad. "Plasmacytoma and multiple myeloma in Basrah province". The Medical Journal of Basrah University, 31, 2, 2013, 75-78. doi: 10.33762/mjbu.2013.90719
(2013). 'Plasmacytoma and multiple myeloma in Basrah province', The Medical Journal of Basrah University, 31(2), pp. 75-78. doi: 10.33762/mjbu.2013.90719
Plasmacytoma and multiple myeloma in Basrah province. The Medical Journal of Basrah University, 2013; 31(2): 75-78. doi: 10.33762/mjbu.2013.90719
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