title: Emerging concepts in monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance.
abstract: Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) is frequently diagnosed in the elderly population. Most physicians will have to evaluate and manage patients with this condition. Recent studies have clarified risk factors, natural history, prognosis and complications of this common condition. This short review discusses basic concepts and recent developments that will facilitate the diagnosis and management of this condition by primary care physicians and specialists in other areas of medicine.
authors.affiliation: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Program, Audie L. Murphy Memorial Veterans Hospital, 7400 Merton Minter Blvd, San Antonio, TX, USA. freytes@uthscsa.edu
authors.forename: César O
authors.initials: CO
authors.lastname: Freytes
mesh_terms: D000686:Amyloidosis / Q000453:epidemiology; D018450:Disease Progression; D019337:Hematologic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008403:Mass Screening; D008998:Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D010024:Osteoporosis / Q000209:etiology; D010266:Paraproteins / Q000032:analysis; D010523:Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / Q000209:etiology; D011379:Prognosis; D012306:Risk; D012307:Risk Factors; D008258:Waldenstrom Macroglobulinemia / Q000453:epidemiology
chemical_list: D010266:Paraproteins