Article
Approach to the Management of Autoimmunity in Primary Immunodeficiency.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Jan 2017
Azizi G, Ziaee V, Tavakol M, Alinia T, Yazdai R, Mohammadi H, Abolhassani H, Aghamohammadi A
Abstract excerpt
Primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) consist of a genetically heterogeneous group of immune disorders that affect distinct elements of the immune system. PID patients are more prone to infections and non-infectious complications, particularly autoimmunity. The concomitance of immunodeficiency and autoimmunity appears to be paradoxical and leads to difficulty in the management of autoimmune complications in...
Topics
- Animals
- Autoantigens
- Autoimmunity
- Diagnosis, Differential
- Humans
- Immune Tolerance
- Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes
- Immunotherapy
- Mutation