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What does a elevated igg and gamma globulin mean? years ago i had an elevated epv igg also.

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Dr. John Chiu answered

Depends: on how high it is and whether it is "monoclonal* or not. A value even up to 20-30% higher than predicted usually means nothing in the absence of disease.

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Answered 2/21/2015

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