Respiratory infectious burden in a cohort of antibody deficiency patients treated with immunoglobulin replacement therapy: The impact of lung pathology and gastroesophageal reflux disease
Background: Antibody deficiencies result from reduced immunoglobulin levels and function, increasing susceptibility to, primarily, bacterial infection. Primary antibody deficiencies comprise intrinsic defects in B-cell physiology, often due to inherited errors. Hematological malignancies or B-cell s...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-11-01
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Series: | Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: Global |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2772829323000589 |