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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]; Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief:

Historical Perspective

Discovery

• Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance was first discivered by Jan G. Waldenstrom in 1960 “essential hyperglobulinemia” or “benign monoclonal gammopathy” and then as monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance by Robert A. Kyle in 1978.

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