Clinical Cases in Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases A Problem-Solvin

Primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) are a heterogeneous group of inherited disorders characterized by different defects in the development and function of the immune system. These defects render patients susceptible to a variety of infectious disease

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Asghar Aghamohammadi • Nima Rezaei Editors

Clinical Cases in Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases A Problem-Solving Approach

Editors Asghar Aghamohammadi, M.D., Ph.D. Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy Research Center for Immunodeficiencies Children’s Medical Center Hospital Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran

Technical Assistants Hassan Abolhassani, M.D., MPH Research Center for Immunodeficiencies Children’s Medical Center Hospital Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran

Nima Rezaei, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Immunology School of Medicine Research Center for Immunodeficiencies Children’s Medical Center Hospital Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran

English Assistant Mona Hedayat, M.D. Division of Immunology Boston Children’s Hospital Boston, MA, USA

Payam Mohammadinejad, M.D. Research Center for Immunodeficiencies Children’s Medical Center Hospital Tehran University of Medical Sciences Tehran, Iran

ISBN 978-3-642-31784-2 ISBN 978-3-642-31785-9 DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-31785-9 Springer Heidelberg New York Dordrecht London

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Clinical Cases in Primary Immunodeficie