Common variable immunodeficiency presenting in a girl as lung infiltrates and mediastinal adenopathies leading to severe 'superior vena caval' syndrome

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1958-1961

  Sacco, O ^a   Fregonese, B ^a   Picco, P ^a   Faraci, M ^a   Facchetti, P ^a   Pistoia, V ^a   Rossi, G A ^a  

^a G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Common variable immunodeficiency; Cytomegalovirus infections; Hypogammaglobulinaemia; Lymphoid hyperplasia; Superior vena caval syndrome

Indexed keywords

AZATHIOPRINE; PREDNISONE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 0029813030     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.96.09091958     Document Type: Article

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