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Primary Immunodeficiencies

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Primary immunodeficiency diseases (PID) are a part of the growing field of inborn errors of immunity (IEI), sharing a raised susceptibility to infectious diseases and often associated to other features such as autoimmunity, autoinflammation, and lymphoproliferation and susceptibility to neoplastic disease and atopic diseases.

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Cosmi, L., Palterer, B., Annunziato, F. (2021). Primary Immunodeficiencies. In: D'Elios, M.M., Baldari, C.T., Annunziato, F. (eds) Cellular Primary Immunodeficiencies. Rare Diseases of the Immune System. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-70107-9_1

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