RESEARCH ARTICLE
Total Recovery from Monoclonal Gammopathy and Autoimmune Phenomena After Parathyroidectomy
Carlos A Cañas*, 1, Andrés F Echeverri1, Juan-Manuel Anaya2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2012Volume: 6
First Page: 180
Last Page: 182
Publisher ID: TORJ-6-180
DOI: 10.2174/1874312901206010180
Article History:
Received Date: 25/5/2012Revision Received Date: 18/6/2012
Acceptance Date: 25/6/2012
Electronic publication date: 25/7/2012
Collection year: 2012

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Abstract
Based on the observation of a patient with a causal relationship between hyperparathyroidism and development of both autoimmune disease and paraproteinemia, we hypothesize a novel cause of autoimmunity triggered in the context of hyperparathyroidism.