The Value of Family History in Diagnosing Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders

Eliciting proper family medical history is critical in decreasing morbidity and mortality in patients with primary immunodeficiency disorders (PIDs). Communities with a common practice of consanguinity have a high rate of PIDs. We are presenting 2 cases where digging deeply into the family medical h...

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Autores principales: Hendaus, Mohamed A., Alhammadi, Ahmad, Adeli, Mehdi M., Al-Yafei, Fawzia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4137698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25161792
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/516256
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author Hendaus, Mohamed A.
Alhammadi, Ahmad
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Al-Yafei, Fawzia
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description Eliciting proper family medical history is critical in decreasing morbidity and mortality in patients with primary immunodeficiency disorders (PIDs). Communities with a common practice of consanguinity have a high rate of PIDs. We are presenting 2 cases where digging deeply into the family medical history resulted in the diagnosis of Omenn syndrome, a possibly fatal entity if not managed in a reasonable period.
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spelling pubmed-41376982014-08-26 The Value of Family History in Diagnosing Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders Hendaus, Mohamed A. Alhammadi, Ahmad Adeli, Mehdi M. Al-Yafei, Fawzia Case Rep Pediatr Case Report Eliciting proper family medical history is critical in decreasing morbidity and mortality in patients with primary immunodeficiency disorders (PIDs). Communities with a common practice of consanguinity have a high rate of PIDs. We are presenting 2 cases where digging deeply into the family medical history resulted in the diagnosis of Omenn syndrome, a possibly fatal entity if not managed in a reasonable period. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2014 2014-08-05 /pmc/articles/PMC4137698/ /pubmed/25161792 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/516256 Text en Copyright © 2014 Mohamed A. Hendaus et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4137698/
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