Polyclonal plasma cell proliferation with marked hypergammaglobulinemia and multiple autoantibodies

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 479-484

  Li, Lin ^a   Hsu, Peihong ^b   Patel, Keyur ^b   Saffari, Yasi ^b   Ashley, Ida ^c   Brody, Judith ^a  

^a NORTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c Great Neck Hematology and Oncology   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoantibodies; Flow cytometry; Hypergammaglobulinemia; Immunoelectrophoresis; Immunohistochemistry; Polyclonal plasmacytosis

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; CD19 ANTIGEN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD38 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M;

AGED; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; BONE MARROW CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; PERIPHERAL CIRCULATION; PLASMA CELL; PLASMACYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE FIXATION;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; AUTOANTIBODIES; BONE MARROW; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLONE CELLS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMANS; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; PLASMA CELLS;

EID: 33751234985     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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