Hypogammaglobulinemia: a diagnosis that must not be overlooked

Humoral immunological defects are frequent and important causes of hypogammaglobulinemia, leading to recurrent infections, autoimmunity, allergies, and neoplasias. Usually, its onset occurs in childhood or during the second and third decades of life; however, the diagnosis is made, on average, 6 to...

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Main Authors: F.M.C.A. Pimenta, S.M.U. Palma, R.N. Constantino-Silva, A.S. Grumach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica
Series:Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/pdf/bjmbr/v52n10/1414-431X-bjmbr-52-10-e8926.pdf