Evaluation of respiratory complications in patients with X-linked and autosomal recessive agammaglobulinemia.
Saba FekrvandReza YazdaniPeter OlbrichGholamreza AziziRohola ShirzadiMohammadreza ModaresiMahsa SohaniSamaneh DelavariArash KalantariMansoureh ShariatAlireza ShafieiNa LuGholamreza HassanpourMaziar Rahimi HajiabadiParisa AshourniaAnahita RazaghianMarzieh AsgharyanZahra Shahraki-GhadimiRoja RouhaniFatemeh Hoda FallahNima RezaeiHassan AbolhassaniAsghar AghamohammadiPublished in: Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (2020)
High prevalence of respiratory tract infections among agammaglobulinemic patients and subsequent progression to permanent lung damage highlights the importance of implementing respiratory evaluation as part of routine follow-up program of agammaglobulinemic patients. Physicians should be aware of this and regularly monitor the respiratory function of these patients to allow for timely diagnosis and treatment initiation aiming to improve patients' prognosis and quality of life.