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Regional Enteritis Associated with Enterovirus in a Patient with X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia
- Source :
- New England Journal of Medicine. 342:1611-1612
- Publication Year :
- 2000
- Publisher :
- Massachusetts Medical Society, 2000.
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Abstract
- To the Editor: X-linked agammaglobulinemia is characterized by a profound defect in the production of antibodies of all isotypes; the defect is related to impaired B-lymphocyte differentiation resulting from mutations in the gene for B tyrosine kinase.1 Immunity against viral infections is generally intact in patients with X-linked agammaglobulinemia, with the exception of an unusual susceptibility to enteroviral infection.1 Chronic intestinal inflammation mimicking Crohn's disease has been described in a few patients with X-linked agammaglobulinemia.2,3 Its origin, however, is unknown. A 22-year-old man with X-linked agammaglobulinemia that had been diagnosed at the age of 9 was referred for chronic . . .
Details
- ISSN :
- 15334406 and 00284793
- Volume :
- 342
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- New England Journal of Medicine
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........f14ae929513d68e105e97731f2c087e7