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The relationship between elevated serum viscosity levels and hyperproteinaemic states has been recognised for almost half a century. Interestingly, most of the earlier reports of this association related to patients with myelomatosis (Albers, 1937; Reimann, 1932; Wintrobe and Buell, 1933) and it was not until 1944 that increased serum viscosity levels were observed by Waldenström in patients with macroglobulinaemia (Waldenström, 1944).
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Preston, F.E. (1981). Circulatory Complications of Leukaemia and Paraproteinaemia. In: Lowe, G.D.O., Barbenel, J.C., Forbes, C.D. (eds) Clinical Aspects of Blood Viscosity and Cell Deformability. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3105-2_12
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