The nurse is assessing a patient admitted with combined B-cell and T-cell deficiencies. The nurse is aware that the patient is exhibiting a clinical manifestation of combined B-cell and T-cell deficiencies when she notes the patient to have what?
A) Alopecia
B) Uncoordinated muscle movement
C) Vascular lesions caused by constricted blood vessels
D) Urticaria
Ans: C
Feedback: Telangiectasia refers to vascular lesions caused by dilated blood vessels and is a clinical manifestation of combined B-cell and T-cell deficiencies. Urticaria, vascular lesions caused by constricted blood vessels, and alopecia are not clinical manifestations of combined B-cell and T-cell deficiencies.
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