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This work is supported by Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation, the German Ministry of Education and Science (01ZX1309B), the Harald Huppert Foundation, Dietmar Hopp Stiftung and Deutsche Krebshilfe. Research by the Houlston group is supported by grants from Myeloma UK and BLOODWISE. PV and LV are recipients of a support from UNCE-MED006 and PROGRESS Q28.
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Chattopadhyay, S., Thomsen, H., Weinhold, N. et al. Eight novel loci implicate shared genetic etiology in multiple myeloma, AL amyloidosis, and monoclonal gammopathy of unknown significance. Leukemia 34, 1187–1191 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41375-019-0619-1
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