title: Evaluation of suspected immunodeficiency.
abstract: The clinical utility and capacity to evaluate immunologic function has evolved significantly over the past few decades. This chapter summarizes screening methods and more sophisticated approaches to assess the immune system when there is a suspicion of an immune deficiency.
authors: Department of Laboratory Medicine, NIH Clinical Center, National Institutes of Health, DHHS, Bethesda, MD, USA. tfleisher@mail.nih.gov
authors: Thomas A
authors: TA
authors: Fleisher
mesh_terms: D000486:Allergy and Immunology; D000818:Animals; D004252:DNA Mutational Analysis; D005434:Flow Cytometry / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007107:Immune System; D007154:Immune System Diseases / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000097:blood* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D007239:Infections; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology; D008954:Models, Biological; D009154:Mutation