Spontaneous Recovery Of Selective Iga Deficiency; Additional Case Reports And A Review
Clinical Pediatrics 21(2): Feb 1982; 77-80
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Personal Characteristics
1-year-old white girl, diarrhea and failure to thrive
Clinical Characteristics
IGA of 10 mg/dl. Anti-IGA antibodies were absent. Both parents immunoglobulins were normal. A brother had also experienced chronic diarrhea and failure to thrive.
Remission Characteristics
Two years later the patients IGA level was 26 mg/dl, and 4 years later it was 47 mg/dl. Her most recent value at age 9 was 132 mg/dl.
Treatment & Mechanisms
Proposed Remission Mechanisms
Not discussed
Non-Clinical Treatment
Soy formula feedings
Additional Notes
Her chronic diarrhea did not abate until age 8, 6 years after the IgA levels began to increase. She now can tolerate milk.