Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia - indolent disorder or slow killer?
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Inga Mandac Smoljanović; Iva Ljubas; Ozana Miličević
- Source
- Liječnički vjesnik
Volume 142
Issue Supp 5
- Subject
- medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry
Macroglobulinemia
Waldenstrom macroglobulinemia
General Medicine
medicine.disease
lymphoma
hyperviscosity syndrome
macroglobulinemia
Gastroenterology
Lymphoma
immune system diseases
Internal medicine
hemic and lymphatic diseases
Hyperviscosity syndrome
Medicine
business
- Language
- English
- ISSN
- 1849-2177
0024-3477
Waldenström macroglobulinemia (WM) is an indolent (slow-growing) subtype of non-Hodgkin lymphoma that affects small lymphocytes. The risk of WM increases with age with median age at diagnosis of 63 years. Men are more likely than women to develop the WM. The overall incidence of WM is approximately five cases per one million persons per year