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© 1987 British Society for Rheumatology

case-report

µ-HEAVY CHAIN AND MONOCLONAL IgG K PARAPROTEINAEMIA IN SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS

I. H. LEACH1, J. S. JENKINS1, C. F. MURRAY-LESLIE2 and R. J. POWELL1

1Department of Immunology, University Hospital, Queen's Medical Centre Nottingham NG7 2UH
2Department of Rheumatology Derbyshire Royal Infirmary, Derby, UK

Correspondence to: Address correspondence to Dr. R. J. Powell.

We report the association of monoclonal µ-heavy chain and a monoclonal IgG K paraprotein in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). This association and the apparently benign nature of this biclonal gammopathy has not been previously reported.

KEY WORDS: Systemic lupus erythematosus, µ-Heavy chains, Paraproteinaemia


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