@article{f615a683ced545acbdce3f54ae4a5cf1,
title = "Multiple relapses of visceral leishmaniasis in an adolescent with idiopathic CD4+ Lymphocytopenia associated with novel immunophenotypic and molecular features",
abstract = "An adolescent with idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia suffered from 4 visceral leishmaniasis relapses despite appropriate treatment. CD8 lymphocytopenia and abnormal expansion of TCRαβ, CD4-, CD8- cells were consistently detected together with reduced export of mature T cells from thymus. This novel form of idiopathic CD4+ lymphocytopenia may predispose to multiple visceral leishmaniasis relapses.",
keywords = "Immune deficiency, Relapsing visceral leishmaniasis",
author = "Ignazia Prigione and Elio Castagnola and Luisa Imberti and Claudio Gambini and Luigi Gradoni and Umberto Dianzani and Ugo Ramenghi and Francesca Giacopelli and Alessandro Moretta and Lorenzo Moretta and Alessandro Plebani and Alain Fischer and Vito Pistoia",
year = "2009",
month = feb,
doi = "10.1097/INF.0b013e318185513d",
language = "English",
volume = "28",
pages = "161--163",
journal = "Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal",
issn = "0891-3668",
publisher = "Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd.",
number = "2",
}