Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID): A Report of Two Families

Authors

  • L. Wang Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, 452 Hospital of PLA, Chengdu, 610061, China
  • L.L. Ren Department of 2nd Internal Medicine, the 5th Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu 611130, China
  • Y. Xu Biorepository, Molecular Medicine Research Centre, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
  • C. Zuo Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
  • X. Hu Biorepository, Molecular Medicine Research Centre, State Key Laboratory of Biotherapy West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610041, China
  • Y.K. Wu Department of Laboratory Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, 610041, China

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12970/2310-9874.2013.01.02.1

Keywords:

 Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), immunoglobulin deficiency.

Abstract

To recognize the genetic defects and the heterogeneity of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), we report 4 cases with clinical information and laboratory findings in two CVID families.

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2013-06-02

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Vol. 1 No. 2 (2013)

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