Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia
- Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia
Wal·den·ström's macroglobulinemia 'väl-dən-.stremz-, -.strœmz- n a rare progressive syndrome associated with a high serum concentration of a monoclonal antibody of the class IgM and characterized by adenopathy, hepatomegaly, splenomegaly, anemia, and lymphocytosis and plasmacytosis of the bone marrow
Wal·den·ström 'väl-dən-.strœm Jan Gosta (1906-1996)
Swedish physician. Waldenström held positions as professor of internal medicine at the University of Lund and as head of the department of medicine at the hospital in Malmö, Sweden. He was the author of numerous articles and textbook chapters on metabolism and hematology. He undertook research on diseases in which the function of red blood pigment is disturbed and on the treatment of malignant diseases of blood and bone marrow. In 1968 he published a study of monoclonal and polyclonal hypergammaglobulinemia.
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macroglobulinemia de Waldenström — f. hemat. Macroglobulinemia que afecta principalmente a varones ancianos ocasionada por una proliferación clonal de linfocitos B que segregan grandes cantidades de IgM. Los síntomas que provoca son astenia, debilidad, alteraciones visuales,… … Diccionario médico
Waldenström, macroglobulinemia de — macroglobulinemia de Waldenström f. hemat. Macroglobulinemia que afecta principalmente a varones ancianos ocasionada por una proliferación clonal de linfocitos B que segregan grandes cantidades de IgM. Los síntomas que provoca son astenia,… … Diccionario médico
macroglobulinemia — f. hemat. Incremento anormal en la sangre de gammaglobulina M (de alto peso molecular); puede aparecer sin síntomas o ser esencial (macroglobulinemia de Waldenström). Medical Dictionary. 2011 … Diccionario médico
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Macroglobulinemia — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICD9|273.3 ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D008258 Macroglobulinemia is the presence of increased levels of macroglobulins in the… … Wikipedia
