Which of the following is characterized by the excessive production of the heavy chain portion of the antibody subunit?
A) Waldenström's macroglobulinemia
B) Heavy chain disease
C) Monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS)
D) Solitary plasmacytoma
E) Multiple myeloma
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