Acquired hypogammaglobulinaemia and sarcoidosis.

Primary "acquired" hypogammaglobulinaemia and amyloidosis.

The clinical details and post-mortem findings are given of a patient who had primary ;acquired' hypogammaglobulinaemia and was found at necropsy to have amyloidosis. The relationship of gamma globulin deficiency to amyloidosis is discussed, and the possible relevance of the hypogammaglobulinaemia to the formation and nature of amyloid is noted. It is suggested that a disordered immune response ...

Nodular lymphoid hyperplasia with hypogammaglobulinaemia

Acquired idiopathic hypogammaglobulinaemia can be associated with a sprue-like syndrome in about 20% of patients (Gitlin, Gross, and Janeway, 1959). Hermans, Huizenga, Hoffman, Brown, and Markowitz (1966) described the association of hypogammaglobulinaemia with nodular lymphoid hyperplasia of the small intestine, recurrent upper respiratory infections, the malabsorption syndrome with steatorrho...

Intestinal bacterial flora and bile salt studies in hypogammaglobulinaemia.

Five patients with adult acquired hypogammaglobulinaemia, four of whom were achlorhydric, were studied. Jejunal bacterial counts were much higher than those in a control group of acid secretors, but were similar to those in a control group of patients with pernicious anaemia; Giardia lamblia were isolated from the jejunal content of all patients with hypogammaglobulinaemia. The concentration of...

Idiopathic Acquired Hypogammaglobulinaemia with Melanosis, Associated with Sibship Immunoglobulin Abnormalities and Ankylosing Spondylitis.

Hypogammaglobulinaemia and negative anti-HIV antibodies in AIDS.

Repeated bacterial infections are frequent in children with AIDS owing to the B cell abnormalities produced by HIV infection. We report on two infants who presented with hypogammaglobulinaemia and with no HIV antibodies, but with epidemiological, immunological, and clinical features of AIDS.