Conditions / Genetic

agammaglobulinemia 4

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An agammaglobulinemia that has_material_basis_in a mutation a homozygous mutation in the BLNK gene on chromosome 10q23.2.

Signs and symptoms

  • Decreased circulating IgM concentration
  • Protein-losing enteropathy
  • Chronic sinusitis
  • Recurrent bacterial infections
  • Recurrent otitis media
  • Recurrent pneumonia
  • Decreased circulating IgA concentration
  • Decreased circulating IgG concentration
  • Agammaglobulinemia
  • Decreased total neutrophil count

Also known as: B cell linker protein deficiency; B-cell linker protein deficiency; BLNK deficiency