title: [Rearrangement of immunoglobulin genes in alpha heavy chain disease: a criterion of monoclonality].
abstract: We have studied the configuration of genes encoding for the heavy and light chains in the tumoral cells of 6 patients affected by alpha heavy chain disease (alpha HCD). The results showed the presence of rearrangement of the alpha heavy chain as well as the kappa light chain genes whereas the lambda genes were in germinal configuration. Thus, these results suggest the presence of a monoclonal compound in the tumoral cells in the alpha HCD.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire d'Immunologie, Faculté de Médecine de Sfax, Tunis, France.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Fakhfakh
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ayadi
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bouguerra
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Fourati
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ben Ayed
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tsapis
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dellagi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D015321:Gene Rearrangement / Q000235:genetics*; D005803:Genes, Immunoglobulin / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007161:Immunoproliferative Small Intestinal Disease / Q000235:genetics*
vernacular_title: Le réarrangement des gènes des immunoglobulines dans la maladie des chaines lourdes alpha: un critère de monoclonalité.