Pediatric Neurology
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 371-373 , November 2004

A case of X-linked agammaglobulinemia with progressive encephalitis

  • Naohide Shiroma, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCommunications should be addressed to:Dr. Shiroma; Department of Pediatrics; Faculty of Medicine; University of the Ryukyus; 207 Uehara, Nishihara; Okinawa 903-0215, Japan
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  • Tsuyoshi Omi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
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  • Hideki Hasegawa, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, National Institute of Infectious Disease, Tokyo, Japan
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  • Kazuo Nagashima, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Pathology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
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  • Takao Ohta, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan

Received 18 February 2004 ,Accepted 10 May 2004.

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PII: S0887-8994(04)00283-8

doi: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2004.05.007

Pediatric Neurology
Volume 31, Issue 5 , Pages 371-373 , November 2004

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