A one-year-old patient with recurrent bacterial infections comes into your office. By evaluating the serum immunoglobulin concentration he finds that the patient has very low immunoglobulin levels. a. What would be a possible explanation for low immunoglobulin levels? b. Would you expect to find mature B lymphocytes in the patient? He explains.
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