Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis (1001 page)

BOOK: Wallach's Interpretation of Diagnostic Tests: Pathways to Arriving at a Clinical Diagnosis
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Decreased In

   Normal persons (1:700)
   Hereditary telangiectasia (80% of patients)
   Type III dysgammaglobulinemia
   Malabsorption (some patients)
   SLE (occasionally)
   Cirrhosis of the liver (occasionally)
   Still disease (occasionally)
   Recurrent otitis media (occasionally)
   Non-IgA myeloma
   Waldenström macroglobulinemia
   Acquired immunodeficiency
   Gastric carcinoma
   Limitations
   Immunochemical methods do not distinguish between polyclonal and monoclonal levels. Serum protein electrophoresis and immunofixation need to be performed for quantification of M-proteins.

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