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Description
- A heterogeneous immunodeficiency syndrome characterized by:
- Hypogammaglobulinemia
- Recurrent infections
- A wide spectrum of immunologic abnormalities, including autoimmune disease, inflammatory conditions, and the development of lymphomas
- A common primary immunodeficiency
- Other terminology for this disease includes:
- Acquired hypogammaglobulinemia
- Adult-onset hypogammaglobulinemia
- Dysgammaglobulinemia
- Common variable hypogammaglobulinemia
- Diagnosis of exclusion, requiring variable reduction in one or more immunoglobulin classes (IgG, IgA, and/or IgM), impaired specific antibody responses, and in some cases reduction of B cell number
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