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Descriptor English:   Hyper-IgM Immunodeficiency Syndrome 
Descriptor Spanish:   Síndrome de Inmunodeficiencia con Hiper-IgM 
Descriptor Portuguese:   Síndrome de Imunodeficiência com Hiper-IgM 
Synonyms English:   Hyper-IgM Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Type 2
Hyper-IgM Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Type 3
Hyper-IgM Immunodeficiency Syndrome, Type 5  
Tree Number:   C15.378.147.333.249
C20.673.430.249
Definition English:   A rare inherited immunodeficiency syndrome characterized by normal or elevated serum IMMUNOGLOBULIN M levels with absence of IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; and IMMUNOGLOBULIN E. It results in a profound susceptibility to BACTERIAL INFECTIONS and an increased susceptibility to OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS. Several subtypes of hyper-IgM immunodeficiency syndrome exist depending upon the location of genetic mutation. 
History Note English:   2007 
Allowable Qualifiers English:  
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chemically induced classification
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diet therapy diagnosis
drug therapy economics
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metabolism microbiology
mortality nursing
pathology prevention & control
physiopathology parasitology
psychology radiography
rehabilitation radionuclide imaging
radiotherapy surgery
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ultrasonography veterinary
virology  
Record Number:   52137 
Unique Identifier:   D053306 

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