title: Immunochemical, clical, and pathological features of alpha-chain disease.
abstract: Making the diagnosis of alpha-chain disease in the laboratory is difficult. Immunologic and structural characteristics of the abnormal protein were shown in results of cellular studies. There are clinicopathological features associated with the protein abnormality. The peculiar geographic origin of patients affected with alpha-chain disease and the possible reversibility of the hyperplastic process at its early stage lead to some considerations of cause.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001797:Blood Protein Electrophoresis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D003967:Diarrhea / Q000175:diagnosis; D005260:Female; D005796:Genes; D006362:Heavy Chain Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000276:immunology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007070:Immunoglobulin A / Q000032:analysis*; D007128:Immunoglobulin Fragments; D007075:Immunoglobulin M / Q000032:analysis; D007421:Intestine, Small / Q000473:pathology; D016403:Lymphoma, Large B-Cell, Diffuse / Q000150:complications; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D010950:Plasma Cells / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D007070:Immunoglobulin A; D007128:Immunoglobulin Fragments; D007075:Immunoglobulin M