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. 2021 Jan;35(1):245-249.
doi: 10.1038/s41375-020-0800-6. Epub 2020 Mar 19.

Immunogenetic characterization of clonal plasma cells in systemic light-chain amyloidosis

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Immunogenetic characterization of clonal plasma cells in systemic light-chain amyloidosis

Isabel Cuenca et al. Leukemia. 2021 Jan.
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The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

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Fig. 1
Fig. 1. Genes recurrently mutated in AL.
Distribution per patient of the most frequently mutated genes (n = 37). Boxes were colored according to the type of mutation. Top barplots define the total number of mutations per patient.
Fig. 2
Fig. 2. The mutational landscape in AL and MM.
a Number of mutations in patients with newly diagnosed AL and MM. b Shared and private mutations between AL and MM. c Driver genes based in its recurrence in AL and MM. d Predominant Ig heavy chain gene rearrangements used in AL and MM.

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