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Transient hypogammaglobulinemia of infancy

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Specialty
  
hematology

ICD-9-CM
  
279.09

ICD-10
  
D80.7

eMedicine
  
ped/2280

Transient hypogammaglobulinemia of infancy is a form of hypogammaglobulinemia appearing after birth, leading to a reduction in the level of IgG, and also sometimes IgA and IgM. (The ratios of immunoglobulins vary rapidly in all infants, and the term dysgammaglobulinemia, although theoretically applicable, is not usually used in this context.)

It can result in increased infections, but it can also present without symptoms.

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Transient hypogammaglobulinemia of infancy Wikipedia