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HCV infection in a patient with hyper IgM syndrome.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Nov 1996
Quinti I, Giovannetti A, Paganelli R, Pucillo L P, Varani A R, Ricci G, Scala E, Pandolfi F, Casato M, Aiuti F
Abstract excerpt
The association between an acquired form of hyper-IgM syndrome and a chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection in a 71-year-old female patient is described. Both diseases were diagnosed at the age of 58 years. She was started on intramuscular and then intravenous immunoglobulin replacement therapy. HCV RNA was detected in 1992. The patient remained in well-balanced clinical condition until 1994, when total and...
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