title: [Congenital glaucoma and thymomegaly: clinical and immunological characteristics].
abstract: A comprehensive examination of children with thymomegaly and congenital glaucoma revealed systemic and local humoral immunological disorders mainly as immunodeficiency, a family history of the disease, susceptibility to infections and allergic diseases, the presence of malformations, severe glaucoma, and a complicated postoperative period, which are suggestive of the defective state of the immune system, which should be kept in mind while making a surgical treatment and using an immunomodulator therapy, by exercising a great caution. Such children require observations by a pediatrician, an oculist, and an immunologist and consultations given by other specialists.
authors: L E
authors: LE
authors: Teplinskaia
authors: A V
authors: AV
authors: Khvatova
authors: E V
authors: EV
authors: Mazanova
mesh_terms: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic / Q000276:immunology*; D000917:Antibody Formation; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004596:Electroretinography; D005260:Female; D005901:Glaucoma / Q000151:congenital* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000276:immunology; D006068:Gonioscopy; D006801:Humans; D007136:Immunoglobulins / Q000276:immunology*; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D033401:Microscopy, Acoustic / Q000379:methods; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000002:abnormalities*
chemical_list: D000888:Antibodies, Anti-Idiotypic; D007136:Immunoglobulins