In this type of immunodeficiency, patients initially make their own immunoglobulin and then they develop
a. Bruton's hypogammaglobulinemia
b. DiGeorge syndrome
c. common variable hypogammaglobulinemia
d. Stigel-Keil hypogammaglobulinemia
C
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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).
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