Gammopathy

Introduction: Gammopathy

Description of Gammopathy

Gammopathy: a disturbance in the synthesis of immunoglobulins; proteins having antibody activity increase greatly in the blood.
Source: WordNet 2.1

Gammopathy: heterogeneous group of immunoglobulin disease characterized by the presence in serum or urine of a paraprotein (monoclonal gammopathy) or two distinct paraproteins (biclonal gammopathy).
Source: CRISP

Gammopathy: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Gammopathy:

• Primary
• Primary disease
• Disturbance
• Immunoglobulin
• Synthesis

Terms associated with Gammopathy:

More specific terms for Gammopathy:

• heavy chain disease
• Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Gammopathy

• blood protein disorder
• protein metabolism disorder

Source - CRISP

• pathology

Source - WordNet 2.1

The term Gammopathy can be used for:

• lichen myxedematosus
• paraproteinemia

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Gammopathy:

• Hodgkin's disease
• inborn immunodeficiency
• lymphocytic leukemia
• multiple myeloma

Source: CRISP

The description of Gammopathy may also be used for the following terms:

• macroglobulinemia

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Gammopathy

The following list attempts to classify Gammopathy into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• pathology
• health problem,ill health,unhealthiness
• pathological state
• condition,status
• state

Source: WordNet 2.1

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