Abstract

GUERREIRO HERNANDEZ, Ana María; VILLAESCUSA BLANCO, Rinaldo; MORERA BARRIOS, Luz Mireya  and  RAMON RODRIGUEZ, Luis Gabriel. Autoimmune manifestations in non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Rev Cubana Hematol Inmunol Hemoter [online]. 2006, vol.22, n.1, pp. 0-0. ISSN 1561-2996.

Several studies conducted among patients with non-Hodgkin's lymphomas have proved the existence of elevated levels of antibodies with a wide range of specificities. The importance of their detection for the diagnosis, the prognosis of the disease, and the monitoring of the response to the antineoplastic therapy has been established. The review of the results of a group of researches shows the role played by these antibodies in the physiopathogeny of this disease

Keywords : Autoantibodies; non-Hodgkin's lymphomas; autoimmune manifestations.