Idiopathic CD4 Lymphocytopenia.

نویسندگان

  • P K Ramalingam
  • K Gayathri
  • Rpsp Santhakumar
  • B V Manjunath
  • N Karuppuswamy
  • B Vetriveeran
  • S Selvamani
  • P Vishnuram
  • Kumar Natarajan
چکیده

We report a 42 year old male who was an interesting case of "idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia"(ICL) in a non-HIV adult with-extra pulmonary tuberculosis along with the diffuse splenic calcification and whose symptoms improved with Antitubercular treatment. He was found to have low CD4 counts on two occasions.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of the Association of Physicians of India

دوره 64 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1996