An immune disorder is a dysfunction of the immune system. These disorders can be characterized in several different ways: By the component(s) of the immune...

of disorders that, despite their differences, share some common symptomatic threads. These shared symptoms occur as a result of the body's immune system...

and also impairs other immune system responses indirectly. Various hormonal and metabolic disorders can also result in immune deficiency including anemia...

produced in excessive quantities. These disorders primarily present in patients who have a compromised immune system. Due to this factor, there are instances...

Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is an inborn immune disorder characterized by recurrent infections and low antibody levels, specifically in immunoglobulin...

The immune system is a network of biological systems that protects an organism from diseases. It detects and responds to a wide variety of pathogens, from...

These range from social deprivation, genetic and metabolic diseases, immune disorders, infectious diseases, nutritional factors, physical trauma, and toxic...

Inborn errors of immunity (IEI) are a heterogenous group of disorders in which a mutation in any one of various genes that regulate the immune system causes...

of the ICD-9: Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, and Immunity Disorders. It covers ICD codes 240 to 279. The full chapter can be found on...

cells (scientific name leukocytes), also called immune cells or immunocytes, are cells of the immune system that are involved in protecting the body against...