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hyperglobulinemia

 [hi″per-glob″u-line´me-ah]
excess of globulin in the blood.
Miller-Keane Encyclopedia and Dictionary of Medicine, Nursing, and Allied Health, Seventh Edition. © 2003 by Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier, Inc. All rights reserved.

hy·per·glob·u·lin·e·mi·a

(hī'pĕr-glob'yū-lin-ē'mē-ă),
An abnormally high concentration of globulins in the circulating blood plasma.
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hyperglobulinemia

(hī′pər-glŏb′yə-lə-nē′mē-ə)
n.
A condition characterized by abnormally large amounts of globulins in the blood.
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hyperglobulinemia

Immunology An ↑ in serum Ig for any reason, often neoplastic, as seen in clonal expansions of B-plasma cells, as in.
myeloma, Waldenström's macroglobulinemia, and other lymphoproliferations–eg, leukemia, lymphoma; it may also occur in immune dysfunctions–eg, hyper-IgD, hyper-IgE, hyper-IgM syndromes. See Benign monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance, Myeloma, Waldenström's macroglobulinemia.
McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

hy·per·glob·u·lin·e·mi·a

(hī'pĕr-glob'yū-lin-ē'mē-ă)
An abnormally high concentration of globulins in the circulating blood plasma.
Synonym(s): hyperglobulinaemia.
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hy·per·glob·u·lin·e·mi·a

(hī'pĕr-glob'yū-lin-ē'mē-ă)
An abnormally high concentration of globulins in the circulating blood plasma.
Synonym(s): hyperglobulinaemia.
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Serum biochemical panel showed static to mildly improved albumin (19 g/L; reference interval: 27 to 39 g/L) and stable hyperglobulinemia (46 g/L; reference interval: 24 to 40 g/L).
Hyperglobulinemia was seen in 22 (44%) patients before treatment and 2 (4%) patients after treatment which was also found to be statistically significant (pless than 0.05).
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However, 50% of cases involving the plasma cell variant show systemic manifestations, including fever, anemia, and hyperglobulinemia. (7)
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The occurrence of either high titer RF, hyperglobulinemia or a small monoclonal peak support a possible diagnosis of primary Sjogren's syndrome, which should be actively sought by history, ocular examination, and antibody screening.
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These patients develop transient hyperglobulinemia and T cell deficiency that improve with specific treatment [11].
The chronic stage includes distinct clinical findings with changes in hematological indices including non-regenerative anemia, thrombocytopenia and leucopenia while biochemical abnormalities may represent hypoalbuminemia, hyperglobulinemia and hypergamma globulinemia (Bhadesiya and Raval, 2015).
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