primary antibody deficiencies (pad) are a group of immune system disorders, associated with decreased levels of secretory and protective immunoglobulins. because of the important role of immunoglobulins in the protection  of oral cavity, patients with pads  are more susceptible to dental caries or oral manifestations. this study was performed  to investigate the oral and dental manifestations o...

E osinophilia, defined as greater than 450 eosinophils/ L, can occur in various disease processes, including infectious, allergic, neoplastic, and primary hematologic disorders. Marked eosinophilia ([1500 eosinophils/ L) can be a diagnostic dilemma because blood eosinophilia rarely exceeds 1500/ L in atopic/allergic diseases. Hyperimmunoglobulinemia E is seen in allergic, parasitic, and primary...

BACKGROUND Primary immunodeficiency disorders (PID) are a group of hereditary disorders characterized by an increased susceptibility to severe and recurrent infections, autoimmunity, lymphoproliferative disorders, and malignancy. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the demographic and clinical data of PID patients diagnosed in a referral pediatric hospital. METHOD All PID cases with a confirmed diagnosis...

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...

The article presents a clinical case of rare primary immunodeficiency syndrome Hyperimmunoglobulinemia E. Typical symptoms, diagnostic and treatment tactics have been demonstrated.