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Characteristics of women with connective tissue disease but without silicone implants in whom paraproteinemia was identified from Group 2 and Group 5 |
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| Age (years) |
Ethnicity |
Connective tissue disease |
Serum paraprotein (isotype)a |
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| 32 |
Hispanic |
Undifferentiated connective tissue disease |
IgG(κ) |
| 43 |
White |
Polymyositis |
IgG(κ) |
| 47 |
Hispanic |
Undifferentiated connective tissue disease |
IgG(κ) |
| 55 |
White |
Dermatomyositis |
IgG(κ) x2, IgG(λ) |
| 56 |
Black |
Polymyositis |
IgG(κ), IgM(λ) |
| 65 |
White |
Undifferentiated connective tissue disease |
IgG(κ) |
| All: 49.7 ± 11.6 |
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| Group 2 patients only (n = 4): 55.8 ± 7.4 |
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Subjects are listed in increasing order of age and the first 3 cases (italicized) are from Group 5. aBased on protein electrophoresis, all paraprotein bands were considered weak (defined as <1 g/l). | |||
Csako et al. Arthritis Research & Therapy 2007 9:R95 doi:10.1186/ar2295 |
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