Thymoma and immunodeficiency (Good syndrome): A report of 2 unusual cases and review of the literature

Annals of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 185-190

  Agarwal, Shradha ^a   Cunningham Rundles, Charlotte ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALENDRONIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ATOVAQUONE; AZITHROMYCIN; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CYCLOSPORIN; DOXYCYCLINE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; PREDNISONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; APLASIA; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BABESIOSIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; BLOOD PARASITE; BLOOD SMEAR; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIARRHEA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ERYTHROCYTE; FEMALE; FEVER; FOOT; FUNGUS; GOOD SYNDROME; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 8; HUMAN TISSUE; HUMORAL IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; INFECTION; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LEG ULCER; LITERATURE; MALE; MEDLINE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; MYCOSIS; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PANCYTOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT INFECTION; REVIEW; SKIN INFECTION; STAINING; SUPERINFECTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; T LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRUS; VIRUS INFECTION; X LINKED AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA;

EID: 33846799243     PISSN: 10811206     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1081-1206(10)60695-3     Document Type: Article

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