Transferrin-immune complex disease: A potentially overlooked gammopathy mediated by IgM and IgG

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 88, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1045-1049

  Forni, Gian Luca ^a   Pinto, Valeria ^a   Musso, Marco ^a   Mori, Marco ^a   Girelli, Domenico ^b   Caldarelli, Ilaria ^c   Borriello, Adriana ^c   Ragione, Fulvio Della ^c  

^a GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HEMOGLOBIN; HEPCIDIN; HFE PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; IRON; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; FOLLOW UP; GENE MUTATION; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTRANSFERRINEMIA; IMMUNE COMPLEX DISEASE; IRON BLOOD LEVEL; IRON METABOLISM; MALE; MEAN CORPUSCULAR VOLUME; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MONOCLONAL IMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL; TRANSFERRIN IMMUNE COMPLEX DISEASE;

ADULT; AGED; AUTOANTIBODIES; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HEPCIDINS; HUMANS; IMMUNE COMPLEX DISEASES; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN KAPPA-CHAINS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOGLOBULIN MU-CHAINS; IRON; MALE; MONOCLONAL GAMMOPATHY OF UNDETERMINED SIGNIFICANCE; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 84888054470     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: 10968652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajh.23558     Document Type: Article

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