A case of hypogammaglobulinemia with enteroviral meningoencephalitis, associated with increased adenosine deaminase in cerebrospinal fluid

Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 117-119

  Alborzi, Abdolvahab ^a   Hosseini Nasab, Ali ^a,b   Zeyaeian, Mazyar ^a   Sanaei, Anahita ^a   Kashef, Sara ^c  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adenosine deaminase; Cerebrospinal fluid; Enteroviral meningoencephalitis; Hypogamaglobulinemia

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CHILD; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ENTEROVIRUS; FEVER; HEADACHE; HUMAN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN DEFICIENCY; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEOCYTOSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN CEREBROSPINAL FLUID LEVEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEROLOGY; VIRUS ENCEPHALITIS; VIRUS INFECTION; VIRUS MENINGITIS; VOMITING;

ADENOSINE DEAMINASE; AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ENTEROVIRUS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS;

EID: 70349422594     PISSN: 17351502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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