Primary immunodeficiency diseases in the Middle East.
Reports on primary immunodeficiency diseases (PIDs) have clearly shown wide geographic and ethnic variations. Understanding these variations is expected to play a major role in improving the diagnosis and management of such diseases, and will also affect research on PIDs. In this short review, we explore the unique aspects of primary immunodeficiencies in the Middle East.
Prince Naif Centre for Immunology Research, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. almuhsen@ksu.edu.sa
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D006801:Humans; D007153:Immunologic Deficiency Syndromes / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000628:therapy*; D008877:Middle East / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology