alpha-Chain Diseases

《英文msh詞典》alpha-Chain Diseases
[入口詞] alpha-Chain Diseases
[主題詞] Immunoproliferative Small Intestinal Disease
[英文釋義] A condition that is caused by HYPERPLASIA of LYMPHOCYTES in the small intestine (INTESTINE,SMALL) and the mesenteric LYMPH NODES. These lymphocytes produce an anomalous heavy chain protein. Generally,these IPSID patients have either concurrent LYMPHOMA or develop lymphoma within a few years. The disease was originally described in the Mediterranean region.