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A difficult diagnosis of coeliac disease: Repeat duodenal histology increases diagnostic yield in patients with concomitant causes of villous atrophy [PDF]
Villous atrophy in absence of coeliac disease (CD)-specific antibodies represents a diagnostic dilemma. We report a case of a woman with anaemia, weight loss and diarrhoea with an initial diagnosis of seronegative CD and a histological documented villous
Cappello, Maria +5 more
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THE ROLE OF IgM-ENRICHED INTRAVENOUS IMMUNOGLOBULIN IN TRANSPLANTATION [PDF]
After organ transplantation, gamma globulin and intravenous immunoglobulin enriched with IgM are most frequently used in septic shock as early immune-support.
Szabó Judit +2 more
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A case of persistent B-cell lymphocytopenia in a 40-year-old woman with lymphoid-epithelial thymoma treated with chemotherapy, surgery and irradiation is described.
Klas Raaschou-Jensen +4 more
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Helcococcus ovis associated with septic arthritis and bursitis in calves – a case report
Background Septic arthritis often occurs in young calves when the passive transfer of maternal immunoglobulins has failed, which results in hypogammaglobulinaemia in the calf. Another important cause is suboptimal herd health management which often leads
Alexandra Jost, Marlene Sickinger
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Objectives: Enterovirus (EV) is a frequent cause of encephalitis. The optimal therapeutic approach remains a matter of debate. We present the case of an immunosuppressed patient with EV encephalitis treated successfully with intravenous immunoglobulin ...
Judith N. Wagner +4 more
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Lung disease in primary antibody deficiency. [PDF]
This Review summarises current knowledge on the pulmonary manifestations of primary antibody deficiency (PAD) syndromes in adults. We describe the major PAD syndromes, with a particular focus on common variable immunodeficiency (CVID).
Grimbacher, B, Hurst, JR, Verma, N
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TRNT1 deficiency: clinical, biochemical and molecular genetic features [PDF]
BACKGROUND: TRNT1 (CCA-adding transfer RNA nucleotidyl transferase) enzyme deficiency is a new metabolic disease caused by defective post-transcriptional modification of mitochondrial and cytosolic transfer RNAs (tRNAs).
Chong, WK +14 more
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Acquired hypogammaglobulinaemia and sarcoidosis [PDF]
Summary A syndrome has been described in which hypogammaglobulinaemia is associated with splenomegaly and haemolytic anaemia and also non-caseating granulomata in lymph nodes, liver, spleen and skin. This report describes a patient with this syndrome who in addition had a positive Kveim and elevated serum angiotensin converting enzyme ...
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Primary `acquired' hypogammaglobulinaemia and amyloidosis [PDF]
The clinical details and post-mortem findings are given of a patient who had primary `acquired' hypogammaglobulinaemia and was found at necropsy to have amyloidosis. The relationship of gamma globulin deficiency to amyloidosis is discussed, and the possible relevance of the hypogammaglobulinaemia to the formation and nature of amyloid is noted.
W D, Murray, I A, Cook
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Treatment of immune thrombocytopenia with intravenous immunoglobulin and insights for other diseases
Since 1946 the development of fractionation and purification methods of human plasma led to biologic immunoglobulin for intravenous use (IVIG).
Paul Imbach
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