International Scholarly Research Notices / 2013 / Article / Tab 2 / Clinical Study
Immunophenotypic Analysis of B Lymphocytes in Patients with Common Variable Immunodeficiency: Identification of CD23 as a Useful Marker in the Definition of the Disease Table 2 Clinical features of the patients with CVID considered in the study.
Clinical features Patients number (percentage) Infections 23 (100%) Airways infections 23 (100%) Gastrointestinal infections 8 (34%) Genitourinary infections 7 (30%) Conjunctivitis 2 (9%) Otitis 4 (17%) Esophageal candidiasis 3 (13%) Poliomyelitis 1 (4%) Meningitis 1 (4%) Bronchiectasis 6 (26%) Splenomegaly 7 (30%) Lymphadenopathy 10 (43%) Haematological malignancy 1 (4%) Hodgkin’s lymphoma 1 (4%) Autoimmune diseases 12 (52%) Hypothyroidism/thyroiditis 5 (22%) Autoimmune thrombocytopenia 4 (17%) Autoimmune anemia 1 (4%) Sjögren’s syndrome 3 (13%) Arthritis 2 (9%) Celiac sprue 1 (4%) Alopecia 1 (4%) Sarcoidosis 1 (4%) Lichen planus 1 (4%) Neoplasias 7 (30%) Breast cancer 2 (13%) Genital cancer 2 (13%) Colon cancer 1 (6%) Basalioma 1 (6%) Meningioma 1 (6%) Osteosarcoma 1 (6%)