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Diarrhea and malabsorption in primary humoral immunodeficiency
A A Laudanna1, I B Prado, A S Duarte
1Department of Gastroenterology, Medical School, University of São Paulo.
Revista Do Hospital Das Clinicas
|September 1, 1996
Abstract:
Patients with Humoral immunodeficiency syndromes frequently present recurrent infections, mainly of the digestive and respiratory tracts. This study carried out a clinical and laboratorial evaluation in 15 humoral immunodeficiency patients presenting chronic gastrointestinal symptoms. Out results emphasize the relevance of immunodeficiency syndromes in the differential diagnosis of chronic diarrhea.