Diseases

Paraproteinemias

A group of related diseases characterized by an unbalanced or disproportionate proliferation of immunoglobulin-producing cells, usually from a single clone. These cells frequently secrete a structurally homogeneous immunoglobulin (M-component) and/or an abnormal immunoglobulin.

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A group of related diseases characterized by an unbalanced or disproportionate proliferation of immunoglobulin-producing cells, usually from a single clone. These cells frequently secrete a structurally homogeneous immunoglobulin (M-component) and/or an abnormal immunoglobulin.

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13 entry terms
  • Paraimmunoglobulinemia
  • Paraimmunoglobulinemias
  • Paraproteinemia
  • Gammapathy, Monoclonal
  • Gammopathy, Monoclonal
  • Monoclonal Gammapathies
  • Monoclonal Gammopathies
  • Monoclonal Gammopathy
  • Plasma Cell Dyscrasias
  • Cell Dyscrasia, Plasma
  • Dyscrasia, Plasma Cell
  • Monoclonal Gammapathy
  • Plasma Cell Dyscrasia

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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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Previous Indexing

  • Blood Protein Disorders (1966-1975)
  • Immunoglobulins (1970-1975)
  • specific immunoglobulin (1971-1975)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Paraproteinemias. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D010265. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D010265
  2. Paraproteinemias. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraproteinemia
  3. Paraproteinemias. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1664199