Common variable immunodeficiency with CD4+ T lymphocytopenia and overproduction of soluble IL-2 receptor associated with Turner's syndrome and dorsal kyphoscoliosis

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 876-879

  Al Attas, Rabab A ^a,b   Rahi, Amjad H S ^a   Ahmed, El Fatih E M ^b  

^a DAMMAM CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Department of Internal Medicine ^*  (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

CD4+ T lymphocytopenia; Common variable immunodeficiency; Soluble interleukin 2 receptor; Turner's syndrome

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; INTERLEUKIN 2 RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELLULAR IMMUNODEFICIENCY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HLA TYPING; HUMAN; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; KARYOTYPE 45,X; KYPHOSCOLIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RING CHROMOSOME; T LYMPHOCYTE; TUBERCULIN TEST; TURNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0030686566     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.50.10.876     Document Type: Article

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