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PARAPROTEINS
Emergency immunoglobulins synthesised by atypicalcells of the reticuloendothelial system. Paraproteins containing only easy chains lead to bence jones paraproteinaemia, while the presence of only atypicalhard chains leads to hardchain malady. most of the paraproteinsshow themselves as an m-component (monoclonal gammopathy) in electrophoresis. Diclonal and polyclonalparaproteins are many smaller frequently encountered.