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Gammaglobulin for primary immunodeficiency: when should it be used?
Medicina, 2014 Antibodies are an essential component of the adaptative immune response and hold long-term memory of the immunological experiences throughout life. Antibody defects represent approximately half of the well-known primary immunodeficiencies requiring ...
Pérsio Roxo-Junior
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Coordinated Response to Imported Vaccine-Derived Poliovirus Infection, Barcelona, Spain, 2019–2020
Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2021 In 2019, the Public Health Agency of Barcelona, Spain, was notified of a vaccine-derived poliovirus infection. The patient had an underlying common variable immunodeficiency and no signs of acute flaccid paralysis.
Dolores Álamo-Junquera +15 more
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Clinical Features and Management of Cartilage-Hair Hypoplasia: A Narrative Review
Journal of Pediatrics Review, 2015 Context: Cartilage-hair hypoplasia is a rare hereditary cause of short stature. The aim of this study was to familiarize physicians with this rare but important disease.
Kobra Shiasi Arani
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DiGeorge Syndrome: a not so rare disease
Clinics, 2010 INTRODUCTION: The DiGeorge Syndrome was first described in 1968 as a primary immunodeficiency resulting from the abnormal development of the third and fourth pharyngeal pouches during embryonic life.
Angela BF Fomin +5 more
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Genetic-molecular characterization in the diagnosis of primary immunodeficiencies
Jornal de Pediatria, 2021 Objectives: To rescue medical genetics concepts that are necessary to understand the advances in the genetic-molecular characterization of primary immunodeficiencies, to help in the understanding and adequate interpretation of their results.
Gesmar Rodrigues Silva Segundo
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Characteristics of Good's Syndrome in China: A Systematic Review
Chinese Medical Journal, 2017 Background: Good's syndrome (GS) is a rare disease characterized by thymoma, hypogammaglobulinemia, low or absent B-cells, decreased T-cells, an inverted CD4+/CD8+ T-cell ratio and reduced T-cell mitogen proliferative responses.
Jin-Pei Dong +4 more
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NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR IN A CHILD WITH COMMON VARIABLE IMMUNODEFICIENCY
Revista Paulista de PediatriaObjective: To report a case of a child with primary immunodeficiency who at eight years developed digestive symptoms, culminating with the diagnosis of a neuroendocrine tumor at ten years of age.
Pedro de Souza Lucarelli Antunes +5 more
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Properties and action mechanisms of intravenous gammaglobulin
Medicina, 2014 Intravenous immunoglobulins (IVIG) preparations have been used as a substitutive therapy for primary and secondary immunodeficiencies for many years; now it is well know that IVIG can have two other important and opposite functions: pro and anti ...
Núria Matamoros Flori
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Repercussions of inborn errors of immunity on growth
Jornal de Pediatria, 2019 Objectives: This study aimed to review the literature on the repercussions of the different inborn errors of immunity on growth, drawing attention to the diagnosis of this group of diseases in patients with growth disorders, as well as to enable the ...
Ekaterini Simões Goudouris +2 more
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Rare case of nephrotic syndrome: Schimke syndrome
Brazilian Journal of NephrologySchimke syndrome corresponds to dysplasia of bone and immunity, associated with progressive renal disease secondary to nephrotic syndrome cortico-resistant, with possible other abnormalities such as hypothyroidism and blond marrow aplasia.
Anna Kelly Krislane de Vasconcelos Pedrosa +5 more
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