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Hyper-IgE Syndromes and the Lung.
Clinics in chest medicine - 1 Sept 2016
Freeman Alexandra F, Olivier Kenneth N
Abstract excerpt
Elevated serum IgE has many etiologies including parasitic infection, allergy and asthma, malignancy, and immune dysregulation. The hyper-IgE syndromes caused by mutations in STAT3, DOCK8, and PGM3 are monogenic primary immunodeficiencies associated with high IgE, eczema, and recurrent infections. These primary immunodeficiencies are associated with recurrent pneumonias leading to bronchiectasis; however, each...
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