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Pediatric Critical Care Medicinems

Primary and secondary immunodeficiencies

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Aneja, RK; Rotta, AT
February 1, 2014

Primary immunodeficiencies are rare disorders that are frequently considered in critically-ill children that are admitted to the intensive care unit with recurrent life-threatening infections. In this chapter, we have briefly reviewed the primary and secondary immunodeficiencies that an intensivist is likely to encounter in the PICU. The immunodeficiencies have been categorized as primary defects of antibody production, combined Immunodeficiencies, primary defects of cellular immunity, complement deficiencies and phagocytic Disorders.

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February 1, 2014

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3

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431 / 451
 

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Aneja, R. K., & Rotta, A. T. (2014). Primary and secondary immunodeficiencies. In Pediatric Critical Care Medicinems (Vol. 3, pp. 431–451). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6416-6_29
Aneja, R. K., and A. T. Rotta. “Primary and secondary immunodeficiencies.” In Pediatric Critical Care Medicinems, 3:431–51, 2014. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6416-6_29.
Aneja RK, Rotta AT. Primary and secondary immunodeficiencies. In: Pediatric Critical Care Medicinems. 2014. p. 431–51.
Aneja, R. K., and A. T. Rotta. “Primary and secondary immunodeficiencies.” Pediatric Critical Care Medicinems, vol. 3, 2014, pp. 431–51. Scopus, doi:10.1007/978-1-4471-6416-6_29.
Aneja RK, Rotta AT. Primary and secondary immunodeficiencies. Pediatric Critical Care Medicinems. 2014. p. 431–451.

DOI

Publication Date

February 1, 2014

Volume

3

Start / End Page

431 / 451