IDF Patient & Family Handbook for Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases, 6th Edition
This book contains general medical information and is intended to provide the patient and family with tools to enhance the communication process and to understand the information they receive from the healthcare team. Most importantly, this book is not intended to suggest diagnostic approaches or to recommend specific therapy for any patient. Each patient's condition and treatment is unique and the management of their illness should be customized to their individual medical needs. Medical knowledge and practice can change rapidly. Therefore, this book should not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice.
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1 The Immune System and Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
Chapter 2 Antibody Deficiency with Absent B cells
Chapter 3 Common Variable Immune Deficiency Phenotypes
Chapter 4 Selective Immunoglobulin Deficiency: IgA and IgM
Chapter 5 Hyper IgM Syndromes
Chapter 6 IgG Subclass Deficiency and Specific Antibody Deficiency
Chapter 7 Transient Hypogammaglobulinemia of Infancy
Chapter 8 Classic Severe Combined Immunodeficiency
Chapter 9 Combined Immune Deficiency
Chapter 10 DiGeorge Syndrome
Chapter 11 Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome
Chapter 12 Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T) and Related Disorders
Chapter 13 Immune Dysregulation, Polyendocrinopathy, Enteropathy, X-linked (IPEX) Syndrome
Chapter 14 CTLA-4 Haploinsufficiency and LBRA Deficiency
Chapter 15 Diseases of Immune Dysregulation: STAT1 and STAT3 Gain of Function
Chapter 17 Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome and Related Disorders
Chapter 18 Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis and EBV Susceptibility
Chapter 19 Immune Dysregulation, Enterophathy, and Colitis
Chapter 20 Hyper IgE Syndromes and DOCK8
Chapter 22 Complement Deficiencies
Chapter 23 Innate Immune Defects
Chapter 24 Inheritance
Chapter 25 Laboratory Tests
Chapter 26 Newborn Screening
Chapter 27 Infections in People with PI: Antibiotic and Antifungal Therapy
Chapter 28 Immunoglobulin Replacement Therapy
Chapter 29 Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
Chapter 30 Gene Therapy
Chapter 31 Immunizations
Chapter 32 Autoimmunity in Primary Immunodeficiency
Chapter 33 Supplemental, Complementary, and Alternative Medicine in Primary Immunodeficiency
Chapter 34 Secondary Immunodeficiencies
Chapter 35 Chronic Sinusitis
Chapter 36 Gastrointestinal (GI) Complications in Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
Chapter 37 Clinical Trials
Chapter 38 General Care
Chapter 39 Women's Health and Primary Immunodeficiency Disease
Chapter 40 Employment and Primary Immunodeficiency Disease
Chapter 41 Health Insurance
Chapter 42 Infants and Children Living with Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
Chapter 43 Adolescents Living with Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
Chapter 44 Young Adults Living with Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
Chapter 45 Adults Living with Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
Chapter 46 Senior Adults Living with Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
This book contains general medical information which cannot be applied safely to any individual case. Medical knowledge and practice can change rapidly. Therefore, this book should not be used as a substitute for professional medical advice.
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