Passive transfer is used prophylactically in the case of immunodeficiency diseases, such as hypogammaglobulinemia.
The product, called Adagen, is a drug that is used to treat victims of severe combined immunodeficiency disease, commonly referred to as "bubble boy" disease.
Her numerous medical accomplishments include discovering the first immunodeficiency disease: adenosine deaminase deficiency.
Ammann's discovery represented an essential step to understanding new treatments for immunodeficiency diseases and developing drugs that could interfere with the immune response.
As a clinical researcher, he discovered the first immunodeficiency disease.
Patients may present with a profound immunodeficiency disease, due to the lack of T cells.
Levinsky's initial specialisation was as a paediatrician, and he became a world leader in research on immunodeficiency diseases.
Affected infants often have immunodeficiency diseases, difficulty feeding, breathing problems, a skin rash, hair loss (alopecia), and a lack of energy (lethargy).
"The whole range of congenital immunodeficiency diseases."
Among their activities is classification of primary immunodeficiency diseases.