Hyper-IgE syndrome: a case report
Sanal, O.; Göçmen, A.; Tezcan, I.; Ersoy, F.; Adalioğlu, G.
Turkish Journal of Pediatrics 32(4): 273-278
1990
ISSN/ISBN: 0041-4301 PMID: 2135680 Document Number: 4213
A four-year-old girl with hyper-IgE syndrome is presented. She had a coarse facial appearance, pruritic dermatitis, recurrent skin abscesses, pulmonary infection, spontaneous bone fractures, and an elevated serum IgE concentration. She has been treated with cimetidine, ascorbic acid and trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole for the last two years and there has been no evidence of a severe infection.
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