Hyper-IgE syndrome: a case report.
A four-year-old girl with hyper-IgE syndrome is presented. She had a coarse facial appearance, pruritic dermatitis, recurrent skin abscesses, pulmonary infection, spontaneous bone fractures, and an elevated serum IgE concentration. She has been treated with cimetidine, ascorbic acid and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for the last two years and there has been no evidence of a severe infection.
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Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
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Tezcan
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Ersoy
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Adalioğlu
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D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007589:Job Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000276:immunology; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000502:physiology