Physical Address
304 North Cardinal St.
Dorchester Center, MA 02124
Primary Immunodeficiencies Many of the primary immunodeficiencies ( Table 5.1 ) are associated with gastrointestinal (GI) lesions. Manifestations of immune deficiency in the GI tract may be broadly divided into three categories : increased susceptibility to infection, idiopathic chronic inflammatory…
CHAPTER CONTENTS Definition 527 Epidemiology 527 Demographic features 528 Elderly patients 528 Pathogenesis 528 Genetic predisposition 529 Triggering factors 529 Humoral immune response 529 Cellular immune response 530 Immune regulation and dysregulation 531 Clinical features 532 Asymptomatic presentation 532 Acute…