Ultrasound-based transient elastography improves the detection of liver disease in common variable immunodeficiency

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¹ Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), University of Naples, Naples, Italy. Electronic address: anthonypek@msn.com.
² Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
³ Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

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Antonio Pecoraro et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2019 Sep-Oct.

. 2019 Sep-Oct;7(7):2507-2508.

doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2019.06.016.

¹ Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), University of Naples, Naples, Italy. Electronic address: anthonypek@msn.com.
² Department of Translational Medical Sciences and Center for Basic and Clinical Immunology Research (CISI), University of Naples, Naples, Italy.
³ Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.

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Azzu V, Fonseca M, Kennard L, Duckworth A, Moini N, Qurashi M, Brais R, Davies S, Manson A, Staples E, Kumararatne DS, Griffiths WJH. Azzu V, et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2019 Sep-Oct;7(7):2508-2509. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2019.06.015. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2019. PMID: 31495439 No abstract available.

Liver disease is common in patients with common variable immunodeficiency and predicts mortality in the presence of cirrhosis or portal hypertension.
Azzu V, Fonseca M, Duckworth A, Kennard L, Moini N, Qurashi M, Brais R, Davies S, Manson A, Staples E, Kumararatne DS, Griffiths WJH. Azzu V, et al. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2019 Sep-Oct;7(7):2484-2486.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jaip.2019.04.016. Epub 2019 Apr 24. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2019. PMID: 31026542 No abstract available.