Malignancies are the major cause of death in patients with adult onset common variable immunodeficiency

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In the paper by Resnick et al, the authors clearly defined lymphoma, lung impairment, hepatitis, and gastrointestinal disease as the main causes of mortality in 411 subjects with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) followed over 4 decades in New York. The diagnosis of CVID was made by standard criteria. All data have been collected during the patient's monthly visits at the time of Ig replacement that, in...

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