Immune Defect in Adults With Down Syndrome: Insights Into a Complex Issue

Immune Defect in Adults With Down Syndrome: Insights Into a Complex Issue

Children with Down syndrome (DS) suffer from recurrent respiratory infections, which represent the leading cause of mortality during childhood. This susceptibility to infections is usually considered multifactorial and related to both impaired immune function and non-immunological factors. Infection...

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Main Authors: Yannick Dieudonné, Beatrice Uring-Lambert, Mohamed Maxime Jeljeli, Vincent Gies, Yves Alembik, Anne-Sophie Korganow, Aurélien Guffroy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Immunology
Subjects:
down syndrome
adulthood
primary immunodeficiency
autoimmunity
infectious risk
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fimmu.2020.00840/full

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