Publication: Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)
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Date
0011
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Kuala Lumpur: Institute for Medical Research
Abstract
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID) is a disorder of primary immunodeficiency, characterized by low levels of serum immunoglobulins. This leads to an increased susceptibility to various infections, usually sinopulmonary ft is a relatively common form of primary immunodeficiency, second only to lg A deficiency. The prevalence of €VID is about 1/25 000 Caucasians ( The degree and type of deficiency of serum immunoglobulins in CVID, and the clinical course, varies from patient to patient, Patients with CVID may have normal levels of serum lgM levels but decreased serum levels of immunoglobulin G (lgG) and immunoglobulin A (lgA) are characteristic. Approximately 50% of patients with the deficiency may also have diminished T-lymphocyte dysfunction.
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25 pages: illustrations, tables 30cm
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Common Variable Immunodeficiency, Immunological deficiency syndromes--Dissertations, (Seameo-Tropmed) Institute for Medical Research -- Dissertations