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Clinical Correlates

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Immunodeficiencies include primary disorders, which are genetically determined, and secondary forms, associated with viral infections, malnutrition, X-rays, cytotoxic drugs, corticosteroids, and B-cell lymphoproliferative disorders. Primary immunodeficiencies manifest themselves in infancy, between 6 months and 2 years of life, and they are noted because of the susceptibility of infants to recurrent infections.

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Ribatti, D. (2015). Clinical Correlates. In: The Development of Immunologic Competence. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24663-5_5

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