title: Alopecia universalis in a patient with common variable immunodeficiency.
abstract: A 12-year-old boy with common variable immunodeficiency (CVI) who developed severe alopecia is presented. His sister also had alopecia and recurrent infections and died of lung infection at the age of 7 years. The loss of hair in both children was total; the pathology of a scalp skin biopsy specimen was typical for alopecia areata. The boy was subjected to clinical and immunologic evaluation and the results were compatible with common variable immunodeficiency.
authors.affiliation: Immunology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kiliç
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ersoy
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Sanal
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Türkbay
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Tezcan
mesh_terms: D000506:Alopecia Areata / Q000209:etiology* / Q000276:immunology; D002648:Child; D017074:Common Variable Immunodeficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D003241:Consanguinity; D006801:Humans; D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male
chemical_list: D016756:Immunoglobulins, Intravenous