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SECONDARY ANTIBODY DEFICIENCY

Immunodeficiency in which there is no evident defect in the lymphoid tissues, but rather hypercatabolism or loss of immunoglobulins such as occurs in familial idiopathic hypercatabolic hypoproteinaemia or in defects associated with the nephrotic syndrome. Synonym: secondary agammaglobulinaemia, secondary antibody deficiency, secondary hypogammaglobulinaemia.
hyperglobulinaemic purpura   hyperglobulinemic purpura   hyperglycaemia   hyperglycaemic-glycogenolytic factor   hyperglycaemic hyperosmolar nonketotic coma   hyperglycemia   hyperglyceridemia   hyperglycinaemia   (1)
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