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SUBMITTER: Kersseboom R
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3068525 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kersseboom Rogier R Brooks Alice A Weemaes Corry C
European journal of pediatrics 20110222 3
The syndromic primary immunodeficiencies are disorders in which not only the immune system but also other organ systems are affected. Other features most commonly involve the ectodermal, skeletal, nervous, and gastrointestinal systems. Key in identifying syndromic immunodeficiencies is the awareness that increased susceptibility to infections or immune dysregulation in a patient known to have other symptoms or special features may hint at an underlying genetic syndrome. Because the extraimmune c ...[more]