IgA Deficiency (medical condition): Immune deficiency from lacking immunoglobulin A (IgA) antibodies.
See also:
Selective IgA Deficiency:
»Introduction: Selective IgA Deficiency
»Symptoms of Selective IgA Deficiency
»Tests for Selective IgA Deficiency
»Treatments for Selective IgA Deficiency
IgA Deficiency: A dysgammaglobulinemia characterized by a deficiency of IMMUNOGLOBULIN A.
Source: MeSH 2007
These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for IgA Deficiency:
IgA Deficiency is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that IgA Deficiency, or a subtype of IgA Deficiency,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list IgA Deficiency as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
IgA Deficiency: Another name for Selective IgA Deficiency (or close medical condition association).
»Introduction: Selective IgA Deficiency
»Symptoms of Selective IgA Deficiency
»Treatments for Selective IgA Deficiency
IgA Deficiency: IgA Deficiency is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:
Some of the symptoms of IgA Deficiency incude:
See full list of 12 symptoms of IgA Deficiency (Selective IgA Deficiency)
Treatments for IgA Deficiency (Selective IgA Deficiency) include:
Read more about treatments for IgA Deficiency
Treatment of IgA Deficiency: For more treatment information about IgA Deficiency, see treatment of Selective IgA Deficiency (IgA Deficiency)
People with this deficiency lack immunoglobulin A (IgA), a type of antibody that protects against infections of the mucous membranes lining the mouth, airways and digestive tract. (Source: excerpt from Primary Immune Deficiency, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)
These medical disease topics may be related to IgA Deficiency:
The following list attempts to classify IgA Deficiency into categories where each line is subset of the next.
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