Hyper IgM syndromeMüferet Ergüven, Arzu Akdağ, Merve Usta, Rüstem Üçel, Hamit ÖzkanGöztepe SSK Hospital, Pediatric Clinic, Istanbul
The hyper IgM syndrome is a rare, inherited immune deficiency disorder and somatic. The most common form of hyper IgM syndrome is of X-linked inheritance and caused by CD40
ligand gene mutations. Patients usually become symptomatic before the second year of life, with recurrent pyogenic and opportunistic infections such as P. carinii and Cryptosporidium.
In this article, we reported three cases that have recurrent infections and reviewed the clinical features of this rare disease. Keywords: Immun deficiency, hyper IgM syndrome, recurrent infections
Hiper IgM sendromuMüferet Ergüven, Arzu Akdağ, Merve Usta, Rüstem Üçel, Hamit ÖzkanGöztepe SSK Eğitim Hastanesi, Pediatri Kliniği, İstanbul
Anahtar Kelimeler: İmmun yetersizlik, hiper IgM sendromu, tekrarlayan infeksiyonlar
Müferet Ergüven, Arzu Akdağ, Merve Usta, Rüstem Üçel, Hamit Özkan. Hyper IgM syndrome. Medeniyet Med J. 2005; 20(3): 183-184
Corresponding Author: Müferet Ergüven, Türkiye |
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