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The diagnosis of common variable immunodeficiency starts with evaluation for increased susceptibility to infection, autoimmune manifestations, granulomatous disease, or unexplained polyclonal lymphoproliferation, and rule-out of secondary cause for loss of immunoglobulin
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Evaluations should include measurement of serum immunoglobulin levels, antibody responses to vaccination, and T lymphocyte deficiency through lymphocyte subset enumeration
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Pandey, S., Harville, T. (2019). Refractory Crohn’s disease. In: Rezaei, N. (eds) Pediatric Immunology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21262-9_14
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