| Dysgammaglobulinemia | |
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Hematology 
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Dysgammaglobulinemia is a type of immune disorder characterized by a reduction in some types of gamma globulins, resulting in heightened susceptibility to some infectious diseases where primary immunity is antibody based.
It is distinguished from hypogammaglobulinemia, which is a reduction in all types of gamma globulins.
Hyper IgM syndrome can be considered a form of dysgammaglobulinemia, because it results from a failure of transformation from IgM production to production of other antibodies, and so the condition can be interpreted as a reduction of the other types.
See also
Further reading
- Raif S. Geha et al.: "Hyper Immunoglobulin M Immunodeficiency (Dysgammaglobulinemia)", Journal of Clinical Investigation, 1979 August; 64(2): 385–391, doi:10.1172/JCI109473. Accessed 2009-07-17.
- Andre Cruchaud et al.: "The site of synthesis of the 19S T-globulins in dysgammaglobulinemia" (1962). Accessed 2009-07-17.