Main description:

Awareness among clinicians about PIDs, which consist of more than 400 different entities, plays an important role in ensuring that patients receive a timely diagnosis. Furthermore, clinicians who are educated about PIDs can give their patients access to optimal management of their condition, thus helping the patient achieve a better quality-of-life and long-term prognosis.

Inborn Errors of Immunity: A Practical Guide provides the most up-to-date information for busy students, nurses, clinical residents, practicing physicians, and even basic researchers. Readers will benefit from a well-structured breakdown of complicated PID diseases, including approaches to their clinical signs/symptoms and immunologic/laboratory findings.

Contents:

1. Introduction 2. Immunodeficiencies affecting cellular and humoral immunity 3. Combined immunodeficiencies with associated or syndromic features 4. Predominantly Antibody Deficiencies (PADs) 5. Diseases of immune dysregulation 6. Phagocyte defects 7. Defects in Intrinsic and Innate immunity 8. Auto-inflammatory disorders 9. Complement deficiencies 10. Phenocopies of PID 11. Treatment and Management