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Ataxia-telangiectasia in a patient presenting with hyper-immunoglobulin M syndrome.
Journal of investigational allergology & clinical immunology - 1 Jan 2010
Aghamohammadi A, Imai K, Moazzami K, Abolhassani H, Tabatabaeiyan M, Parvaneh N, Nasiri Kalmarzi R, Nakagawa N, Oshima K, Ohara O, Nonoyama S, Rezaei N
Abstract excerpt
Ataxia-telangiectasia (AT) and hyper-immunoglobulin M (HIGM) syndrome are both primary immunodeficiency diseases caused by different genetic defects. While a small proportion of AT patients have increased serum immunoglobulin (Ig) M concentrations during the course of a disease, a high level of IgM at onset is rare. We report the case of an 8-year-old girl who had experienced recurrent respiratory infection,...
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