TGF-beta 1 and urinary excretion of pyridinium crosslinks: two often overlooked risk factors for assessing risk of progression in patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance
Haematologica Kapoor
93: e38
Sackmann. Reply to Kapoor
Reply to: TGF-beta 1 and urinary excretion of pyridinium crosslinks: Two often overlooked risk factors for assessing risk of progression in patients with Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance by Shailendra Kapoor.Haematologica 2008; 93:e38.
To the Editor: we don’t have personal experience in the prognostic factors mentioned by Kapoor S, which haven’t been described by experts in recent reviews1. Nevertheless, we should wait for the current research results to identify their prognostic value.
1 Kyle RA and Rajkumar SV. Monoclonal gammopathy of undertermined significance and smouldering multiple myeloma: emphasis on risk factors for progression. Br J Haematol 2007; 139:730–743.