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[Immunology in the medical practice. XXXI. Hereditary immune deficiencies: relationship between clinical symptoms and abnormalities of the immune system].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 29 Jul 2000
Vossen J M, Kuijpers T W
Abstract excerpt
Severe congenital immunodeficiency diseases occur in approximately 1:10,000 newborns, in Western Europe and North America. They are characterised by recurrent infections, mostly caused by opportunistic micro-organisms, and autoimmune phenomena. In many patients the immune deficiency occurs as part of a syndrome. An immunological dysfunction may be caused by total absence, strong reduction or dysfunction of one or...
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