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Gammopathy
A gammopathy is an abnormal gammaglobulin or gammaglobulin level. A monoclonal gammopathy is a single abnormal protein that can indicate a bone marrow cancer called multiple myeloma, or a lymphoma. Further evaluation is required to determine if a monoclonal gammopathy represents a serious disease.
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What is gammopathy?
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What is the definition or description of: gammopathy?
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A 41-year old female asked:
What is mild polyclonal gammopathy that's what the dr said I have but I haven't seen him yet?
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What is the treatment for gammopathy?
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What is monoclonal gammopathy about?
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What can cause monoclonal gammopathy?
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What's monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance?
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Can i treat a possible monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance at home?
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What is the definition or description of: monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance?
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A 40-year old female asked:
What are possible causes of highly elevated ImM levels with low ImG levels with no monoclonal gammopathy present?
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A 54-year old female asked:
What is an IgA heavy chain monoclonal gammopathy?
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A 40-year old asked:
Is mononuclueosis associated at all with monoclonal gammopathy?
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A 21-year old asked:
What is monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (mgus)?
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A 48-year old female asked:
My IgM level went from normal to very low. Down to 28. What is going on? I am being followed for biclonal gammopathy. Should I worry
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A 52-year old female asked:
I was diagnosed with RA a couple years ago. Just did ife and pe serum and it is suggested an apparent polyclonal gammopathy. What is that?
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A 27-year old female asked:
How does having polyclonal gammopathy correlate with lupus- I have lupus and polyclonal gammopathy does having this mean you have a more severe form of lupus, they did an spep be4 lupus and i had that?
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A 51-year old female asked:
IgA lambda monoclonal gammopathy meaning?
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A 25-year old female asked:
Does Ebv (mono) cause polyclonal gammopathy?
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Can monoclonal gammopathy cause osteomyelitis?
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A 65-year old male asked:
Are any of (1) overlap myeloproliferative/myelodysplastictiy disorder (2) monoclonal B cell lymphocytosis or(3) monoclonal gammopathy ever familial?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Can cystic fibrosis exhibits polyclonal gammopathy?
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A 59-year old male asked:
Can a monclonal IgM kappa light chain gammopathy turn into macrogobulinemia-waldenstrom?
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A 33-year old male asked:
Can you have a monoclonal gammopathy(and not mgus) while having a normal CBC w/differential?
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A 40-year old female asked:
How reliable are blood tests that look for monoclonal gammopathy in elevated ImM levels ? Are false negatives possible?
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A 29-year old female asked:
Free kappa light chain is high, FLC ratio is 2.205, no monoclonal gammopathy. IgA 389.43, lgM 125.95 and lgG 1771.02 H. Should we be worried? Thanks.
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A 36-year old asked:
Is mononucleosis associated with monoclonal gammopathy?
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A 59-year old male asked:
Can a IgM kappa light chain monoclonal gammopathy turn into macroglobulinemia?
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A 30-year old female asked:
In protein's electrophoresis Is polyclonal gammopathy alway pathological? Thanks
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A 31-year old female asked:
What does elevated Igg-2364 and gamma globulin 2.2 mean with polyclonal gammopathy and Kappa and lambda typing increased?
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A 39-year old male asked:
What does a polyclonal gammopathy, kappa and lamdba type, with an elevated alpa-2, beta, IgA, CRP, and Sedimentation rate indicate?
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