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LOCALIZED SCLERODERMA FOLLOWING VARICELLA IN A THREE‐YEAR‐OLD GIRL WITH IgA DEFICIENCY
Author(s) -
SPIRER Z.,
ILIE B.,
PICK I. A.,
YARON M.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
acta paediatrica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 115
eISSN - 1651-2227
pISSN - 0803-5253
DOI - 10.1111/j.1651-2227.1979.tb18459.x
Subject(s) - medicine , girl , pediatrics , scleroderma (fungus) , dermatology , rheumatology , tel aviv , immunology , library science , psychology , developmental psychology , inoculation , computer science
. Spirer, Z., Ilie, B., Pick, I. A. and Yaron, M. (Departments of Pediatrics, Physical Medicine and Rheumatology, Pathology and the Section of Clinical Immunology, Rokach (Hadassah) and Ichilov Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Beilinson Medical Center, Petah Tiqva, and the Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Israel). Localized scleroderma following varicella in a three‐year‐old girl with IgA deficiency. Acta Paediatr Scand, 68: 783, 1979.—A three‐year‐old girl with isolated IgA deficiency developed localized scleroderma immediately after varicella infection. Physiotherapy was started without any drug therapy. Only a minimal clinical improvement was achieved. The connection between IgA deficiency, viral infection and collagen diseases is discussed.