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Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), also called hypogammaglobulinemia, is an inherited (genetic) condition in which a person's immune system has trouble producing antibodies. People with common variable immunodeficiency usually begin to develop frequent infections while in their teens or twenties.

Last Revised: December 30, 2011

Author: Healthwise Staff

Medical Review: E. Gregory Thompson, MD - Internal Medicine & W. David Colby IV, MSc, MD, FRCPC - Infectious Disease

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