Immunoproliferative disorder

Immunoproliferative disorder
Classification and external resources
Specialty Hematology and oncology
ICD-10 C88
ICD-9-CM 203
MeSH D007160

Immunoproliferative disorders,also known as immunoproliferative diseases or immunoproliferative neoplasms, are disorders of the immune system that are characterized by the abnormal proliferation of the primary cells of the immune system, which includes B cells, T cells and Natural killer (NK) cells, or by the excessive production of immunoglobulins (also known as antibodies).

Classes

These disorders are subdivided into three main classes, which are lymphoproliferative disorders, hypergammaglobulinemia, and paraproteinemia.[1] The first is cellular, and the other two are humoral (however, humoral excess can be secondary to cellular excess.)

See also

References

  1. Health Communication Network. Immunoproliferative disorders - Topic Tree. http://www.use.hcn.com.au/subject.%60Immunoproliferative%20Disorders%60/home.html. Accessed March 2007.
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