Membranoproliferative Glomerulonephritis and X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia: An Uncommon Association

• Main Authors: Vasco Lavrador (Author), Filipa Correia (Author), Rita Sampaio (Author), Cristina Cândido (Author), Maria Sameiro-Faria (Author), Laura Marques (Author), Conceição Mota (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction. X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) is a primary immunodeficiency characterized by agammaglobulinemia requiring replacement treatment with immunoglobulin. The association of XLA and membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis (MPGN) is unexpected and, to our knowledge, only one case was pre...