Heavy chain disease

Heavy chain disease (HCD) is a malignant tumor of lymphoid plasma cells. It is characterized by malignantly proliferating monoclonal lymph plasma cells that synthesize and secrete a large number of monoclonal immunoglobulins with uniform structures and incomplete molecular structures. This protein is only Composed of heavy chains without light chains.

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