Clinical Cases in Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases A Problem-Solving Approach /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Aghamohammadi, Asghar (Editor), Rezaei, Nima (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Human genetics.; Immunology.; Allergy.; Infectious diseases.; Pediatrics.; Biomedicine.; Allergology.; Infectious Diseases.; Human Genetics.

Primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) are a heterogeneous group of inherited disorders characterized by different defects in the development and function of the immune system. These defects render patients susceptible to a variety of infectious diseases. Knowledge of normal immunity and specific...

Table of Contents:

• Recurrent infections
• Combined T- and B-cell immunodeficiencies
• Primary Antibody Deficiencies
• Disorders of Phagocytic Cells
• Immune dysregulation diseases
• Defects in Innate immunity: Receptors and Signaling Components
• Autoinflammatory disorders
• Complement deficiencies
• Other well-defined immunodeficiency syndromes.  .