Smoldering Myeloma at Medical Drugs Glossary

What is Smoldering Myeloma? A very slow-growing type of myeloma in which abnormal plasma cells (a type of white blood cell) make too much of a single type of monoclonal antibody (a protein). This protein builds up in the blood or is passed in the urine. Patients with smoldering myel

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