Association Between Cytometric Biomarkers, Clinical Phenotype, and Complications of Common Variable Immunodeficiency.

Background: Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is a heterogeneous group of immune disorders. The patients are classified according to the clinical manifestation with the infection-only phenotype (CVID) and CVID with immune dysregulation (CVID).

Methods: We performed a retrospective clinical analysis of 64 CVID patients (34 males, 53.

The use of ketotifen as long-term anti-inflammatory prophylaxis in children with PFAPA syndrome.

Introduction: Periodic fever, aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis and adenitis syndrome (PFAPA) is the most frequent periodic fever syndrome in children. Its pathogenesis is still unknown, but some disease-modifying factors were observed. Several medications were tested for the long-term prophylaxis of inflammatory flares; however, none are standardly used.