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Neurological complications of myeloma are not infrequent (Silverstein and Doniger, 1963; Snapper and Kahn, 1971). The various complications are summarised in table 15.1.
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Benson, W.J., Scarffe, J.H., Todd, I.D.H., Crowther, D. (1979). Spinal Cord Compression in Myeloma. In: Whitehouse, J.M.A., Kay, H.E.M. (eds) CNS Complications of Malignant Disease. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-04285-2_15
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