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Hypogammaglobulinemia factitia- Munchausen syndrome masquerading as common variable immune deficiency

BACKGROUND: We describe the first case of a patient with factitious disorder who closely simulated a primary immune deficiency disorder – Common Variable Immune Deficiency (CVID), by surreptitiously ingesting non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents. CASE DESCRIPTION: He was treated with several expen...

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Autores principales: Ameratunga, Rohan, Casey, Paul, Parry, Susan, Kenedi, Chris
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3848570/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24341706
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1710-1492-9-36