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May 02, 2025
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Health care systems tap AI to screen populations for primary immunodeficiencies

Artificial intelligence can improve care for patients with primary immunodeficiencies, but human input is still necessary, Nicholas L. Rider, DO, said at Updates in Primary Immunodeficiency 2025.

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October 30, 2024
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Q&A: Video series educates physicians about primary immunodeficiencies

Patients with primary immunodeficiencies experience an average of 9 to 15 years between the onset of their symptoms to diagnosis of their disorder and treatment that could save their lives, according to the Immune Deficiency Foundation.

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October 24, 2024
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Q&A: Trust, shared decision-making crucial when facing ethical dilemmas in medicine

Although allergists/immunologists frequently encounter ethical dilemmas in their daily clinical practice, medical ethics has not previously been a focus of research and training in their specialty, Timothy M. Buckey, MD, MBE, told Healio.

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March 20, 2024
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Vaccination, prophylaxis recommended for children with primary immunodeficiencies

WASHINGTON — Children with primary immunodeficiencies should receive routine inactive vaccinations and other prophylactic treatment, according to a presentation at the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Meeting.

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December 21, 2023
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Researchers characterize malignancy risk with IgE deficiencies

Patients with diagnoses of various IgE deficiencies do not share equal odds for developing malignancies, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice.

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November 27, 2023
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C1 inhibitor prevents adverse events from immunoglobulin replacement therapy

ANAHEIM, Calif. — A woman who could not tolerate immunoglobulin replacement therapy benefitted from C1-INH replacement therapy, according to a presentation at the American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology Annual Scientific Meeting.

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November 15, 2022
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Noninfectious complications of common variable immunodeficiency increase mortality risk

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Patients with noninfectious complications of common variable immunodeficiency, such as gastrointestinal disease, malignancy and rheumatoid arthritis, had increased mortality risk, according to study results.

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April 01, 2022
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Q&A: Identical twins provide clues for potential CVID treatment

“Communication problems” that result from defects in types of immune cells including B cells impair immune response and may play a role in common variable immunodeficiency, according to a study published in Nature Communications.