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Chronic Cutaneous Herpes Simplex and X‐Mnked Hypogammaglobulinemia
Author(s) -
Olson Nancy Y.,
Hall John C.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
pediatric dermatology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.542
H-Index - 73
eISSN - 1525-1470
pISSN - 0736-8046
DOI - 10.1111/j.1525-1470.1987.tb00783.x
Subject(s) - hypogammaglobulinemia , medicine , mucocutaneous zone , immunosuppression , dermatology , herpes simplex virus , chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis , immunology , virus , pathology , antibody , disease
Chronic mucocutaneous or cutaneous herpes simplex is a rare syndrome associated with immunosuppression. We report the first case associated with X‐Iinked hypogammaglobulinemia and illustrate the effectiveness of oral acyclovir in this potentially serious illness.