Common Variable Immunodeficiency in Elderly Patients: A Long-Term Clinical Experience.

Background: Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is a complex, predominantly antibody deficiency usually diagnosed between 20−40 years. Few data about elderly patients are reported in the literature. Our aim was to evaluate the clinical phenotypes of elderly patients with CVID.

Incidence of malignancy in patients with common variable immunodeficiency according to therapeutic delay: an Italian retrospective, monocentric cohort study.

Background: Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is the most common symptomatic primary immunodeficiency and has a broad spectrum of clinical manifestations. Among non-infectious complications, an increased incidence of malignancies may have a special relevance for survival, but little is known about treatment efficacy on malignant complications.

Methods: This was a monocenter retrospective study on CVID patients, designed to provide preliminary data for the investigation of the possible link between therapeutic delay and tumor incidence.

Subcutaneous immunoglobulin in inflammatory myopathies: efficacy in different organ systems.

MGD and CG were responsible for the study's conception and design. VP and DM contributed to data acquisition. VP and DB planned and performed the statistical analyses.