Common variable immunodeficiency in association with Turner's syndrome.
Common variable immunodeficiency is a heterogeneous syndrome which may occur at any age and may be associated with recurrent sinopulmonary and gastro-intestinal infections, atopic illness, autoimmune disorders and varying degrees of hypogammaglobulinaemia (1). The clinical syndrome is very similar to that described in X-linked agamma-globulinaemia but the mode of inheritance is unknown (2). In this communication, a patient with Turner's syndrome with X-isoX chromosomal pattern in conjunction with common variable immunodeficiency is reported.
Robson
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MRC/UCT Liver Research Center, University of Cape Town, Observatory, South Africa.
Potter
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PC
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*; D008213:Lymphocyte Activation; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D014424:Turner Syndrome / Q000150:complications / Q000276:immunology*