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8834956

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-12-17
pubmed:abstractText
Primary immunodeficiency (ID) has an incidence of 1 in 10,000 and may have significant morbidity and mortality if not diagnosed and treated early. Children with signs and symptoms suggestive of immunodeficiency are often seen first by their paediatrician or family medical practitioner. For these reasons, it is essential that primary care physicians both of children and adults should be able to recognize the signs and symptoms of immunodeficiency and be knowledgeable about the screening procedures useful in the diagnosis of these diseases. However, this process is often complicated by the diverse presentations of immunodeficiency and the lack of specificity and relative inaccessibility of screening tests. The purpose of this paper is to address the major problems in diagnosis of immunodeficiency, including: 1) Which patients to seriously consider for diagnosis? 2) How to begin the work-up for primary immunodeficiency? 3) Which procedures are useful in the diagnosis of the various forms of immunodeficiency? and 4) What is the relative importance of immunoglobulin (IgG) subclasses?
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1122-0643
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
50
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
453-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-6-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Common problems in the diagnosis of immunodeficiency in children.
pubmed:affiliation
Dept of Pediatrics, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review