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How would you manage suspected MGRS in a patient refusing a kidney biopsy?

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Nephrology · Johns Hopkins University

To diagnose MGRS, a biopsy is necessary. If a patient has M protein on serum protein electrophoresis (SPEP) but shows no evidence of paraprotein-mediated kidney disease, this indicates MGUS. In contrast, conditions like PGNMID are also paraprotein-mediated but can be caused by a small clone that is ...

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