A Case of Heavy Chain Disease: Diagnosis and Monitoring Using Assays of Immunoglobulin Heavy and Light Chains

P.E.G. Mitchell,R. P. Ford,M. W. H. Coughtrie,A D Heppleston,C.G. Fraser

A Case of Heavy Chain Disease: Diagnosis and Monitoring Using Assays of Immunoglobulin Heavy and Light Chains

1990

P.E.G. Mitchell
R. P. Ford
M. W. H. Coughtrie
A D Heppleston
C.G. Fraser

Heavy chain diseases (HCD) are uncommon. We report the first use of recently developed analytical techniques for the assay of immunoglobulin heavy and light chains in the diagnosis and monitoring of a patient with gamma-HCD.

Keywords:

Heavy chain disease
Immunofixation
Antibody
Monoclonal gammopathy
Immunoglobulin light chain
Heavy chain
Medicine
Immunoglobulin gamma-Chains
Blood protein electrophoresis
Intensive care medicine
Virology

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