Common variable immunodeficiency in a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

Abstract

This report describes a young girl who developed systemic lupus erythematosus at the age of 11. In the years thereafter a conversion took place from hypergammaglobulinemia to hypogammaglobulinemia with the absence of circulating and bone marrow B-cells. Some aspects of the aetiopathogenesis of common variable immunodeficiency are discussed.

Keywords

systemic lupus erythematosus common variable immunodeficiency B cells

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