Specialty hematology ICD-9-CM 279.06 | ICD-10 D80.2-D80.4 MeSH D004406 | |
Dysgammaglobulinemia is a type of immune disorder characterized by a reduction in some types of gamma globulins, resulting in heightened susceptibility to some infectious diseases where primary immunity is antibody based.
It is distinguished from hypogammaglobulinemia, which is a reduction in all types of gamma globulins.
Hyper IgM syndrome can be considered a form of dysgammaglobulinemia, because it results from a failure of transformation from IgM production to production of other antibodies, and so the condition can be interpreted as a reduction of the other types.
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