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Is Rituximab-Associated Hypogammaglobulinemia Always Linked to B-Cell Depletion?

Children, 2022
We describe a case of a 3-year-old male toddler with a history of severe and refractory warm antibody autoimmune hemolytic anemia (w-AIHA) since early infancy and hypogammaglobulinemia persisting 20 months after rituximab administration (second-line ...
Anthie Damianaki, Marianna Tzanoudaki, Maria Kanariou, Emmanouil Liatsis, Alexandros Panos, Alexandra Soldatou, Lydia Kossiva   +6 more
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Evaluation of humoral immunity profiles to identify heart recipients at risk for development of severe infections: a multicenter prospective study [PDF]

, 2017
[Abstract] BACKGROUND: New biomarkers are necessary to improve detection of the risk of infection in heart transplantation. We performed a multicenter study to evaluate humoral immunity profiles that could better enable us to identify heart recipients at
Almenar-Bonet, Luis, Calahorra, Leticia, Carbone, Javier, Cebrián, Mónica, Crespo-Leiro, María Generosa, Fernández-Cruz, Eduardo, Fernández-Yáñez, Juan, Gómez-Bueno, Manuel, Gómez-Sánchez, Miguel, Jaramillo, María, Levy, Beltrán, López, Javier, Mirabet, Sonia, Navarro, Joaquín, Paniagua-Martín, María J., Rodríguez-Molina, Juan José, Rábago, Gregorio, Sarmiento, Elizabeth, Segovia-Cubero, Javier   +18 more
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Resistant Widespread Facial Impetigo in a Healthy Infant with Atopic Dermatitis [PDF]

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2018
Atopic Dermatitis (AD) or eczema is a chronic and relapsing, itchy skin inflammatory condition in infancy and childhood. The diagnosis is based on pruritus and an eczematous dermatitis with typical presentation.
Seyed Hesamedin Nabavizadeh, Ali Fazel, Soheila Alyasin, Mohammad Bahadoram, Gholamreza Houshmand   +4 more
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Case Report: Kidney Transplantation in a Patient With Acquired Agammaglobulinemia and SLE. Issues and Challenges

Frontiers in Medicine, 2021
Lupus nephritis in the context of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) is characterized by an unpredicted course with remissions and flare-ups. Among others, it remains a significant cause of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) in relatively young patients ...
Paraskevi Pavlakou, Marios Papasotiriou, Theodoros Ntrinias, Alexandra Kourakli, Adamantia Bratsiakou, Dimitrios S. Goumenos, Evangelos Papachristou   +6 more
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Vulnerability to Meningococcal Disease in Immunodeficiency Due to a Novel Pathogenic Missense Variant in NFKB1

Frontiers in Immunology, 2021
NF-κB1 deficiency is suggested to be the most common cause of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID). NFKB1 encodes for the p105 precursor protein of NF-κB1, which is converted into the active transcriptional subunit p50 through proteasomal processing ...
Manfred Anim, Manfred Anim, Georgios Sogkas, Georgios Sogkas, Gunnar Schmidt, Natalia Dubrowinskaja, Torsten Witte, Reinhold Ernst Schmidt, Reinhold Ernst Schmidt, Faranaz Atschekzei, Faranaz Atschekzei   +10 more
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Persistent hypogammaglobulinemia after rituximab therapy in pediatric patients, prevalence and clinical outcomes

Clinical Immunology Communications
Hypogammaglobulinemia is a known side effect of rituximab (RTX) in adults, but its prevalence and persistence in children remain underexplored. This retrospective cohort study at a tertiary care center examines the prevalence and clinical outcomes of ...
Susanna P.C. Höppener, Saskia R. Veldkamp, Mark C.H. de Groot, Saskia Haitjema, Julia Drylewicz, Jaap Jan Boelens, Caroline A. Lindemans, Joris van Montfrans, Annet van Royen-Kerkhof, Marc H.A. Jansen   +9 more
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Myelodysplasia in a psoriasis patient receiving etanercept : Cause or coincidence? [PDF]

, 2018
Peer reviewedFinal Accepted ...
Ayoub, Othman Hadi, Dawoud, Dalia M, Dawoud, Noha Mohammed, Essa, Enas Said   +3 more
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Immunoglobulin G: A useful outcome marker in the follow‐up of cystic fibrosis patients?

Immunity, Inflammation and Disease, 2021
Background and Methods Hypergammaglobulinemia (hyper‐IgG) and hypogammaglobulinemia (hypo‐IgG) have been reported in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF).
Laurence S. Hanssens, Sarah Cellauro, Jean Duchateau, Georges J. Casimir   +3 more
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Acquired hypogammaglobulinemia in HIV ‐positive subjects after liver transplantation [PDF]

, 2013
Introduction As more solid organ transplantations are performed in patients infected with human immunodeficiency virus ( HIV ), post‐transplant complications in this population are becoming better defined.
Barin, B., Gregg, K.S., Pitrak, D., Pursell, K., Ramaprasad, C.   +4 more
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Infectious Diseases Associated With Renal Homotransplantation: I. Incidence, Types, and Predisposing Factors [PDF]

, 1964
Infectious diseases occurred in 26 of 30 renal homotransplantation patients and contributed to eight of the 12 deaths in this series. There were 52 infections, 17 occurring before and 35 after transplantation.
Marchioro, TL, Rifkind, D, Starzl, TE, Waddell, WR   +3 more
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