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A Retrospective Study on the Efficacy of Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin as Compared to Intravenous Formulation in Patients with Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia and Secondary Antibody Deficiency

Current Oncology, 2022
Secondary antibody deficiency (SAD) is a common complication in chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) which favors the development of life-threatening infections.
Andrea Visentin, Maria Chiara Molinari, Stefano Pravato, Alessandro Cellini, Francesco Angotzi, Chiara Adele Cavaretta, Valeria Ruocco, Silvia Imbergamo, Francesco Piazza, Giulia Proietti, Francesca Romana Mauro, Livio Trentin   +11 more
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Rituximab-Containing Treatment Regimens May Imply a Long-Term Risk for Difficult-To-Treat Chronic Hepatitis E [PDF]

, 2020
Hepatitis E virus (HEV) infection is an emerging disease in industrialized countries which is usually characterized by a self-limited course. However, there is an increased risk of HEV persistence in immunocompromised risk populations, comprising ...
Biedermann, Paula, Bock, Claus-Thomas, Choi, Mira, Hanitsch, Leif Gunnar, Hofmann, Jörg, Mueller, Tobias, Schulz, Marten, Tacke, Frank   +7 more
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Selective measurement of anti-tTG antibodies in coeliac disease and IgA deficiency : an alternative pathway [PDF]

, 2012
Objective To determine the ability of selective antibody testing to screen for coeliac disease in the presence of IgA deficiency and to define the sensitivity of a pathway using this method (Figure1).
Arasaradnam, Ramesh P., Harrison, Elizabeth, Liu, Kuo-Kang, Loft, Duncan, Nwokolo, Chuka U., Petchey, Michael   +5 more
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Iron Deficiency Anemia at Time of Vaccination Predicts Decreased Vaccine Response and Iron Supplementation at Time of Vaccination Increases Humoral Vaccine Response: A Birth Cohort Study and a Randomized Trial Follow-Up Study in Kenyan Infants

Frontiers in Immunology, 2020
Background: Iron deficiency may impair adaptive immunity and is common among African infants at time of vaccination. Whether iron deficiency impairs vaccine response and whether iron supplementation improves humoral vaccine response is uncertain.Methods:
Nicole U. Stoffel, Mary A. Uyoga, Francis M. Mutuku, Joe N. Frost, Edith Mwasi, Daniela Paganini, Fiona R. M. van der Klis, Indu J. Malhotra, A. Desiráe LaBeaud, Cristian Ricci, Simon Karanja, Hal Drakesmith, Hal Drakesmith, Charles H. King, Michael B. Zimmermann   +14 more
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Subcutaneous IgG Replacement Therapy by Push in 32 Patients with Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases in Argentine [PDF]

, 2014
Introduction: Regular replacement with immunoglobulin infusions is the mainstay of treatment in the majority of primary immunodeficiencies. Several studies showed that Subcutaneous Immunoglobulin (SCIG) has similar efficacy to Intravenous Immunoglobulin (
Bezrodnik, Liliana, Díaz Ballve, Damacia, Giovanni, Daniela Di, Gómez Raccio, Andrea, Moreira, Ileana, Regairaz, Lorena, Seminario, Gisela   +6 more
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A screening test for IgG deficiency. [PDF]

Journal of Clinical Pathology, 1973
Kovacs, N. (1956). Identification of Pseudomwonas pyocyanea by the oxidase reaction. Nature (Lond.), 178, 703. Lapage, S. P., Bascomb, S., Willcox, W. R., and Curtis, M. A. (1970). Computer identification of bacteria. In Automation, Mechanization and Data Handling in Microbiology, edited by A. Baillie and R. J. Gilbert, pp. 1-22.
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Serum IgG subclass levels and risk of exacerbations and hospitalizations in patients with COPD

Respiratory Research, 2018
Background The literature is scarce regarding the prevalence and clinical impact of IgG subclass deficiency in COPD. We investigated the prevalence of IgG subclass deficiencies and their association with exacerbations and hospitalizations using subjects ...
Fernando Sergio Leitao Filho, Seung Won Ra, Andre Mattman, Robert S. Schellenberg, Gerard J. Criner, Prescott G. Woodruff, Stephen C. Lazarus, Richard Albert, John E. Connett, Meilan K. Han, Fernando J. Martinez, Janice M. Leung, S. F. Paul Man, Shawn D. Aaron, Robert M. Reed, Don D. Sin, for the Canadian Respiratory Research Network (CRRN)   +16 more
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Serum Protein Electrophoresis May Be Used as a Screening Tool for Antibody Deficiency in Children and Adolescents

Frontiers in Immunology, 2021
BackgroundPatients with antibody deficiency may experience exceptionally long diagnostic delays, increasing the risk of life-threatening infections, end-organ damage, mortality, and health costs.ObjectiveThis study aimed to analyze serum protein ...
Cristina Frias Sartorelli de Toledo Piza, Carolina Sanchez Aranda, Dirceu Solé, Stephen Jolles, Antonio Condino-Neto   +4 more
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A computational pipeline for the diagnosis of CVID patients [PDF]

, 2019
Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is one of the most frequently diagnosed primary antibody deficiencies (PADs), a group of disorders characterized by a decrease in one or more immunoglobulin (sub) classes and/or impaired antibody responses caused ...
Bogaert, Delfien, Dullaers, Melissa, Emmaneel, Annelies, Haerynck, Filomeen, Saeys, Yvan, Tavernier, Simon, Van Gassen, Sofie   +6 more
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Does the Maternal Serum IgG Level during Pregnancy in Primary Antibody Deficiency Influence the IgG Level in the Newborn?

Case Reports in Immunology, 2015
Purpose. To find out if the serum IgG level in the newborn baby was affected by low maternal serum IgG during pregnancy in two newly diagnosed primary antibody deficient patients. Method.
Vasantha Nagendran, Noel Emmanuel, Amolak S. Bansal   +2 more
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