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IgM, IgA and IgG3 paraproteins from patients with B cell lymphoproliferative disorders frequently polymerize with IgA paraproteins demonstrating two polymeric series, the basic unit of the more dominant series being monomeric IgA, and the second consists of a basic unit having a molecular mass of approximately 70 kD heavier than monomeric IgA. The molecular nature of this heavier IgA moiety was shown to be IgA covalently bound with a single moleculeof serum albumin or alpha anti-trypsin and this moiety was also observed in small quantities in sera from healthy subjects. IgM paraproteins, particularly from patients with malignant Iymphoproliferativc disorders, consisted of varying proportions of decamers, pentamers and monomers together with other low molecular weight IgM oligomers. Paraproteins from patients with benign conditions showed less tendency to exist in multiple molecular weight forms. Serum immunoglobulins from patients with polyclonal immune disorder also showed molecular sized heterogeneity. Significantly increased levels of dimeric IgA were observed in patients with alcoholic cirrhosis and Felty's syndrome, while low molecular weight IgM was commonly seen in patients with autoimmune disorders. In these latter disorders monomeric IgM correlated significantly with the serum IgM level suggesting a disorder of assembly of the IgM subunits during an ongoing IgM immune response. 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