GARFIELD

GARFIELD describes typical clinical manifestations of impaired immune regulation in "primary immunodeficiencies" with:

• Granulomas
• autoimmunity
• Recurrent fever
• unusually severe eczema
• lymphoproliferation
• chronic intestinal inflammation.

The choice of these criteria is supported by epidemiological studies and case reports from recent years.

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