Suárez GA, González GA, García MR, Álvarez VN, Estrada VA, Hernández UF

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ABSTRACT

Introduction: monoclonal gammopathies are a group of disorders characterized for the proliferation of a clone of plasmatic cells that synthesize a monoclonal immunoglobulin; among them, an example of plasmatic cells neoplasias is the multiple myeloma, an entity characterized by the abnormal production of immunoglobulins.
Objective: to describe the behavior of immunoglobulins in the follow-up of patients with multiple myeloma in the Hematology Service of the University Hospital “Comandante Faustino Pérez”, of Matanzas.
Materials and methods: longitudinal-prospective-descriptive study. The universe of study was open and the sample was all the patients with debuting multiple myeloma, during the period from June 1st 2013 to May 31st 2014, to whom the determination of IgA, IgG and IgM immunoglobulins was carried out.
Results: the diminished values of IgA and IgG showed a very good answer to the treatment after six and 12 months. At the sixth months of the treatment the IgM was modified to augmented values classifying as refractory; this behavior relapsed at the twelfth month, reaching 13 % more than before the treatment.
Conclusions: the markers of better answer to the treatment were the IgA and IgG immunoglobulins.