RESULTS

Demographic findings: In our study, the ratio of sIgMD is found as 0.12% among the patients that were followed up in pediatric immunology out-patient clinic for a definite period (33 out of 27,000 patients) Out of 33 patients, 25 patients (74%) were male and 8 (26%) were female. The median age of onset of disease was 3 years (1-33), and the median age of diagnosis was 8 years (1-43). Six out of 33 patients (18.2%) were adult, 27 of them (81.8%) were children. Age at diagnosis and gender of each patients were given in supplementary table 2.