Article
Autoimmunity in common variable immunodeficiency.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 May 2008
Lopes-da-Silva Susana, Rizzo Luiz Vicente
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Autoimmunity has been increasingly recognized as a major issue in patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID), the most common symptomatic primary immunodeficiency in adulthood. Different authors report high prevalences of autoimmune diseases in CVID, and several mechanisms have been proposed to explain this apparent paradox. Genetic predisposition, under current surveillance, innate and...
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