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Purplish or brownish red discoloration of the skin associated with increase in circulating polyclonal globulins, usually GAMMA-GLOBULINS. This syndrome often occurs on the legs of women aged 20 to 40 years.
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- Benign Hyperglobulinemic Purpura of Waldenström
- Hyperglobulinemic Purpura of Waldenström
- Purpura, Hyperglobulinemic
- Waldenstrom Hyperglobulinemic Purpura
- Hyperglobulinemic Purpura, Waldenstrom
- Hyperglobulinemic Purpuras
- Purpura, Waldenstrom Hyperglobulinemic
- Purpuras, Hyperglobulinemic
- Waldenström Hyperglobulinemic Purpura
- Hypergammaglobulinemic Purpura of Waldenstrom
- Waldenstrom Hypergammaglobulinemic Purpura
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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- National Library of Medicine. Hyperglobulinemic Purpura. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D011694. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D011694
- Hyperglobulinemic Purpura. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18555380