Acute pericarditis: A peculiar manifestation of common variable immune deficiency
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چکیده
Common variable immune deficiency (CVID) is known as the most prevalent symptomatic inborn error of immunity associated with autoimmune and inflammatory complications in addition to recurrent infections. In this study, we investigated prevalence acute pericarditis a complication past medical history 337 CVID patients. We found five patients (1.5%) that had experienced pericarditis, described three
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Allergologia et immunopathologia
سال: 2021
ISSN: ['0301-0546', '1578-1267']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15586/aei.v49i3.99