MULTIPLE AREAS OF INTESTINAL ATRESIA ASSOCIATED WITH IMMUNODEFICIENCYAND POSTTRANSFUSION GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE

Authors
WALKER MW LOVELL MA KELLY TE GOLDEN W SAULSBURY FT
Citation
Mw. Walker et al., MULTIPLE AREAS OF INTESTINAL ATRESIA ASSOCIATED WITH IMMUNODEFICIENCYAND POSTTRANSFUSION GRAFT-VERSUS-HOST DISEASE, The Journal of pediatrics, 123(1), 1993, pp. 93-95
Citations number
12
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
123
Issue
1
Year of publication
1993
Pages
93 - 95
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1993)123:1<93:MAOIAA>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
We describe an infant with multiple segmental areas of atresia of the small and large bowel, with histologic features characteristic of the hereditary form of the disease. Posttransfusion graft-versus-host dise ase developed first, and then immunodeficiency was found. This report confirms the association between hereditary multiple intestinal atresi a and immunodeficiency. We recommend irradiation of blood products in patients with multiple intestinal atresia pending evaluation of immune system status.