Showing posts with label Hyper-IgM syndrome. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hyper-IgM syndrome. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Hyper-IgM syndrome

- Defective CD40L on helper T cells = inability to class switch
- severe pyogenic infection early in life
- High IgM
- very low     IgG,      IgA,     IgE
- high susceptibility to infections