Evaluating patients with suspected immunodeficiency
- 1 November 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Postgraduate Medicine
- Vol. 66 (5) , 116-131
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00325481.1979.11715299
Abstract
Physicians are often faced with clinical situations which make them wonder about the possibility of an immune defect. This article discusses the signs and symptoms that suggest immunodeficiency and the readily available laboratory tests that can be used to confirm or rule out this diagnosis.Keywords
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