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A Case Of Common Variable Immunodeficiency with Fatal Measles
Su Jin Cho, So Hyun Kim, Soo Jung Lee, Kyung Ha Yoo, Kyung Hyo Kim
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2001;44(12):1463-1468.   Published online December 15, 2001
Common variable immunodeficiency(CVID) is a heterogeneous immunodeficiency syndrome characterized by hypogammaglobulinemia, recurrent bacterial infections, and a variety of immunological abnormalities. We report a 10-year-old boy diagnosed with CVID and a fatal case of measles. He was admitted for fever, cough, conjunctival injection with purulent discharge and maculopapular rash with some scattered pinpoint sized petechial lesions on the whole body for...