A 33-year-old woman who was engaged to be married presented for her initial visit with an
obstetrician. Her varicella-zoster IgG antibody titer, as measured by latex agglutination, was< …

Other than the physiologic hypogammaglobulinemia of infancy, 80% of the confirmed
immunodeficiencies consist of four syndromes: transient hypogammaglobulinemia of infancy (THI), …

Objective: To assess patterns of HIV disease progression among HIV-1-infected women
following delivery. Methods: Four hundred ninety-seven women enrolled in PACTG 185, a …

Chronic wounds are associated with considerable morbidity and prolonged hospitalizations.
The availability of recombinant growth factors and cytokines provides a new modality for …

The ability of antibodies to neutralize diverse primary isolates of human immunodeficiency
virus-type 1 in vitro has been questioned, with implications for the likely efficacy of vaccines. A …

Immune globulins in sera of normal persons of various ages were quantitated by a radial
diffusion technique; the levels changed considerably with age, especially during early infancy. …

PURPOSE: To provide recommendations for the use of immunosuppressive drugs in the
treatment of patients with ocular inflammatory disorders. PARTICIPANTS: A 12-person panel of …

The X-linked hyper-IgM (XHIGM) syndrome is an uncommon primary immunodeficiency
disease caused by mutations in the gene for CD40 ligand and characterized by normal or …

The prevalence of respiratory allergies and their effects on the course of cystic fibrosis (CF)
were studied in 63 patients. Fifteen patients (24%) had respiratory allergies as defined by …

Antibodies have been used for over a century in the prevention and treatment of infectious
disease. They are used most commonly for the prevention of measles, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, …