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Primary immunodeficiency diseases: An update on the classification from the International Union of Immunological Societies Expert Committee for Primary Immunodeficiency

  • Waleed Al-Herz
  • , Aziz Bousfiha
  • , Jean Laurent Casanova
  • , Helen Chapel
  • , Mary Ellen Conley
  • , Charlotte Cunningham-Rundles
  • , Amos Etzioni
  • , Alain Fischer
  • , Jose Luis Franco
  • , Raif S. Geha
  • , Lennart Hammarström
  • , Shigeaki Nonoyama
  • , Luigi Daniele Notarangelo
  • , Hans Dieter Ochs
  • , Jennifer M. Puck
  • , Chaim M. Roifman
  • , Reinhard Seger
  • , Mimi L.K. Tang

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Abstract

We report the updated classification of primary immunodeficiency diseases, compiled by the ad hoc Expert Committee of the International Union of Immunological Societies. As compared to the previous edition, more than 15 novel disease entities have been added in the updated version. For each disorders, the key clinical and laboratory features are provided. This updated classification is meant to help in the diagnostic approach to patients with these diseases.

Original languageEnglish
Article numberArticle 54
JournalFrontiers in Immunology
Volume2
Issue numberNOV
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011

Keywords

  • Primary immunodeficiency diseases

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