Presentation of CaseA nine-year-old girl was admitted to the hospital because of chronic interstitial lung disease with repeated episodes of pneumonia.The child was born of an uncomplicated, full-term pregnancy and delivery to a mother 33 years of age. Her infancy was uneventful. At three years of age pneumonia developed, and she was admitted to a hospital and treated with antibiotics given by vein. One year later anemia was found; iron and four transfusions were administered, two of the latter from her parents and two from unknown donors. Recurrent bouts of pneumonia occurred three or four times annually and . . .
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