An unusual presentation of a patient with severe hypogammaglobulinemia

We present a patient who was diagnosed with severe hypogammaglobulinemia after her newborn child presented with two episodes of meningitis. The patient had no history or symptoms suggestive of immunodeficiency. Thus far, a cause for the immunodeficiency has not been found, even after extensive immun...

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Autores principales: Hoffman, Thijs W., van Kessel, Diana A., van Tol, Maarten J. D., Vidarsson, Gestur, Jol‐van der Zijde, Els C., Rijkers, Ger T., van Velzen‐Blad, Heleen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2018
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6293131/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30564340
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ccr3.1877
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Sumario:We present a patient who was diagnosed with severe hypogammaglobulinemia after her newborn child presented with two episodes of meningitis. The patient had no history or symptoms suggestive of immunodeficiency. Thus far, a cause for the immunodeficiency has not been found, even after extensive immunological evaluation.

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