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SUBMITTER: Farmer JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4213409 | biostudies-other | 2014
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Farmer Jocelyn R JR Sokol Caroline L CL Bonilla Francisco A FA Murali Mandakolathur R MR Kradin Richard L RL Astor Todd L TL Walter Jolan E JE
Case reports in immunology 20141015
Humoral immune deficiencies have been associated with noninfectious disease complications including autoimmune cytopenias and pulmonary disease. Herein we present a patient who underwent splenectomy for autoimmune cytopenias and subsequently was diagnosed with humoral immune deficiency in the context of recurrent infections. Immunoglobulin analysis prior to initiation of intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) therapy was notable for low age-matched serum levels of IgA (11 mg/dL), IgG2 (14 mg/L), and ...[more]