Primary immunodeficiency
The Primary Immunodeficiency Clinic assesses and treats patients with compromised immune systems, resulting in frequent, severe, long-term, or atypical infections, as well as autoimmune manifestations.
Symptoms may appear at any age. In Canada, it is estimated that 13,000 people suffer from this type of disease. The clinic’s staff also collaborates with researchers in the IRCM’s Immunity and Viral Infections research division to better identify patients with immunodeficiencies, understand disease progression, and devise treatments that are appropriate to their condition.