immunodeficiency and autoimmune disease may occur concomitantly in the same individual. some of the immunodeficiency syndromes, especially humoral defects are associated with autoimmune disorders. hematological manifestations such as thrombocytopenia and hemolytic anemia are the most common presentations. persistent antigen stimulation due to an inherent defect in the ability of the immune syst...

The abstracts that are presented following these individual papers are difficult to evaluate because they do not contain detailed data. However, some interesting results are presented which can be better evaluated when published in full. Examples include a categorization of congenital malformations among births in Puerto Rico, a piece of epidemiologic data not previously available, a presentati...

background: frequent infections is among the most frequent clinical dilemmas for primary care physicians. immunodeficiency disorders are a heterogeneous group of illnesses that predispose patients to the recurrent infections, autoimmunity and malignancies. the aim of this study was to evaluate the clinical and laboratory data collected for the final diagnosis of patients referred with recurrent...

background: primary antibody deficiency, the most common primary immunodeficiency disorder, represents a heterogeneous spectrum of conditions caused by a defect in any critical stage of b cell development and is characterized by impaired production of normal amounts of antigen-specific antibodies. objective: this retrospective study aimed at description and analysis of demographic, clinical, im...

primary immunodeficiency diseases (pid) consist of a group of long-term illnesses which had permanent psychiatric effects on the patients and their parents. this study was designed to find out the most important origins and aspects of stressor in parents of pid patients.to assess the  impact of  psychiatric aspects in parents  of pid  patients, a valid and reliable questionnaire was compiled ba...