Monoclonal gammopathy and neuropathy

Curr Opin Neurol. 1996 Oct;9(5):334-7. doi: 10.1097/00019052-199610000-00003.

Abstract

There is a known coexistence between polyneuropathy and monoclonal gammopathy (immunoglobulin M, immunoglobulin G, immunoglobulin A). Antibodies to several glycoconjugates of the peripheral nervous system have been found in 50-65% of patients with immunoglobulin M monoclonal proteins, and distinct clinical syndromes have been recognized. However, if no antibodies are found, a relationship between monoclonal protein and polyneuropathy is still debatable. Therapeutic intervention is generally directed at removing the autoantibodies by reducing the number of monoclonal B-cells.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Autoantibodies / immunology
  • Connectin
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / immunology
  • Immunoglobulin M / immunology
  • Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance / complications*
  • Muscle Proteins*
  • Myeloma Proteins / immunology
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / immunology*
  • Peripheral Nervous System Diseases / therapy

Substances

  • Autoantibodies
  • Connectin
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Immunoglobulin M
  • Muscle Proteins
  • Myeloma Proteins
  • multiple myeloma M-proteins