SERIES: PRIMARY IMMUNODEFICIENCIES IN LATIN AMERICA (I) Advancing the management of primary immunodeficiency diseases in Latin America: Latin American Society for Immunodeficiencies (LASID) Initiatives
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a Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil b Group of Primary Immunodeficiencies, School of Medicine, University of Antioquia, Medellín, Colombia c Unidad de Investigación en Inmunodeficiencias, Instituto Nacional de Pediatría, México City, Mexico d Department of Pediatrics, Lousiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, USA e Immunology Unit, Luis Calvo Mackenna Hospital, Santiago,Chile f Hospital Nacional de Niños Dr. Carlos Sáenz Herrera, San José, Costa Rica g Hospital Nacional de Pediatría ‘‘Prof Dr Juan P. Garrahan’’, Buenos Aires, Argentina h Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutiérrez, Buenos Aires, Argentina i Department of Pulmonology, Faculty of Medicine ABC and Center of Disease Control/Immunization, São Paulo, Brazil j Department of Pediatrics, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP-EPM), São Paulo, Brazil k Faculty of Medicine, University of La Frontera, Temuco, Chile
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