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Chronic Malabsorption Due to Cryptosporidiosis in a Child with Immunoglobulin Deficiency

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Journal Gut
Specialty Gastroenterology
Date 1982 Jan 1
PMID 7056501
Citations 28
Authors
K S Sloper
R R Dourmashkin
R B Bird
G Slavin
A D Webster
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Abstract

A case of fatal cryptosporidiosis in a child with primary immunoglobulin deficiency is described. This is always a serious complication in immunodeficient patients because there is no known effective therapy.

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