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X-linked agammaglobulinaemia and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia—an unusual coincidence?

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  1. Department of Paediatric Pneumology and Immunology, Charité-Humboldt University, Augustenburger Platz 1, 13353, Berlin, Germany

    Anna-Maria Dittrich, Ilka Schulze, Klaus Magdorf & Ulrich Wahn

  2. Department of Paediatrics, Klinikum Uckermark GmbH, 16303, Schwedt/Oder, Germany

    Volker Wahn

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Dittrich, AM., Schulze, I., Magdorf, K. et al. X-linked agammaglobulinaemia and Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia—an unusual coincidence?. Eur J Pediatr 162, 432–433 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-003-1200-4

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