Common Variable Immunodeficiency: Etiological and Treatment Issues
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Common variable immunodeficiency: etiological and treatment issues.
One of the great advances in clinical medicine was the recognition of the pleomorphism of the immune response and the multiple afferent and efferent limbs of antigen processing and responsiveness. A significant contribution to this understanding was derived from studies of human immunodeficiency states, including both inherited and acquired syndromes. Amongst these syndromes, one of the most co...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Archives of Allergy and Immunology
سال: 2009
ISSN: 1018-2438,1423-0097
DOI: 10.1159/000226232