Waldenströmn.
/ˈvaldənstrəːm/ Pathology.
Used in the possessive to designate a disease described by Waldenström in 1944 (see macroglobulinaemia n.).
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hyperinosis1845
uricaemia1866
acetonaemia1874
hyperalbuminosis1876
chloraemia1890
acidaemia1891
hypercholesteraemia1894
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hyperlipaemia1894
hyperuricaemia1894
lymphocytosis1896
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acidosis1900
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hyperparathyroidism1917
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alkalaemia1922
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hyperbilirubinaemia1923
hyperinsulinaemia1924
hypercalcaemia1925
hyperphosphataemia1926
reticulocytosis1926
hypernatraemia1932
hyperpotassaemia1932
thrombocythaemia1932
hypermagnesaemia1933
hyperglobulinaemia1936
granulocytosis1937
myeloblastosis1937
hypergammaglobulinaemia1947
hyperkalaemia1949
macroglobulinaemia1949
aldosteronism1954
Waldenström1961
mono1964
tyrosinaemia1965
methylmalonic acidaemia1969
1961 Lancet 5 Aug. 289/2 While there can be no doubt that Waldenström's syndrome exists, it seems that such increases in macroglobulins are not confined to a single disease entity. The term macroglobulinæmia will therefore be used in this paper to refer to the presence in the serum of increased amounts of macroglobulins, regardless of the clinical associations.
1971 D. Hawkins in S. O. Freedman Clin. Immunol. vi. 179 Patients with Waldenstrom's macroglobulinemia may have proteinuria and even nephrotic syndrome.
1980 Daily Tel. 3 Jan. 1/3 The deposed Shah of Iran is suffering from Waldenstrom's Disease, a rare blood disease which killed President Boumedienne of Algeria a year ago.
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