A benign condition in which there is a higher-than-normal level of a protein called M protein in the blood. Patients with MGUS are at an increased risk of developing cancer. Also called monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance.
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Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, showing an M-protein in the serum without symptoms or findings of multiple myeloma, macroglobulinemia, amyloidosis, or lymphoma and with fewer than 10% plasma cells in the bone marrow.
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MGUS stands for monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance. People with MGUS have an abnormal protein in the blood. Some people who have MGUS go on to develop a bone marrow cancer called myeloma. See myeloma section.
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Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, showing an M-protein in the serum without symptoms or findings of multiple myeloma, macroglobulinemia, amyloidosis, or lymphoma and with fewer than 10% plasma cells in the bone marrow.
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Type: Abbreviation Definitions: 1. Abbreviation for monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance.
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Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (unknown or uncertain may be substituted for undetermined)
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