common variable immunodeficiency

An agammaglobulinemia that is characterized by low Ig levels with phenotypically normal B cells that can proliferate but do not develop into Ig-producing cells and that results in insufficient production of antibodies needed to respond to exposure of pathogens

An agammaglobulinemia that is characterized by low Ig levels with phenotypically normal B cells that can proliferate but do not develop into Ig-producing cells and that results in insufficient production of antibodies needed to respond to exposure of pathogens.

Medications that may treat it

varicella-zoster immune globulin

Also known as: CVID; acquired agammaglobulinemia; acquired hypogammaglobulinemia; common variable agammaglobulinemia; sporadic hypogammaglobulinemia