Current advances and issues in the diagnosis and management of primary immune deficiencies in children

January 2025

Elizabeth Ralph of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children reports on paediatric immune deficiencies.

Inborn errors of immunity are a broad range of inherited immune defects that affect all aspects of the immune system. They predispose to infections, autoimmunity and malignancy, and the majority manifest in childhood.1 These conditions present both diagnostic and treatment challenges.