Student questions about multiple myeloma

1. When you talk about monoclonal immunoglobulin, is it always exactly the same antibody for only one antigen? Or is it just the same type ( IgG kappa, IgM kappa, etc..) but not exactly the same same same?
2. Why is this proliferation bad for the body? How does it “kill” it?
3. What is the difference between myeloma and multiple myeloma? Is it the same?
 
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