| Literature DB >> 16133995 |
Davood Mansouri1, Parisa Adimi, Mehdi Mirsaedi, Nahal Mansouri, Payam Tabarsi, Majid Amiri, Hamid R Jamaati, Masoud Motavasseli, Noushin Baghaii, Ali Cheraghvandi, Reza Rouhi, Navid A Roozbahany, Soheila Zahirifard, Forouzan Mohammadi, Mohammad R Masjedi, Ali A Velayati, Jean L Casanova, David P Speert, R Kevin Elwood, Robert Schellenberg, Stuart E Turvey.
Abstract
Primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) are not solely diseases of childhood. We describe the clinical presentation and outcome for 55 adult patients with previously unrecognized PIDs. This series provides unique data regarding PIDs presenting in adulthood, and serves as a timely reminder that physicians must consider the diagnosis of PIDs in their adult patients. Using the experience gained from these patients, we outline key "warning signs" suggestive of an underlying PID. Only through increased physician awareness will patients with PIDs receive timely diagnosis and optimal management.Entities:
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Year: 2005 PMID: 16133995 DOI: 10.1007/s10875-005-4124-0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Clin Immunol ISSN: 0271-9142 Impact factor: 8.317