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Treatment of Patients with Inborn Errors of Immunity Should Not Be Postponed until Genetic Confirmation

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Fekrvand S, Abdolahzade S, Aghajani M, Ahmadi M, Alavi-Moghaddam M, Arshi S, Asarehzadegan Dezfouli M, Asgharyan M, Ashournia P, Askari Sarvestani A, Assari R, Badiee H, Bahrami S, Behfar M, Behniafard N, Choroom Kheirabadi M, Daneshmandi Z, Bemanian MH, Cheraghi T, Darabi K, Darougar S, Ebrahimi S, Eslamian G, Esmaeilbeig M, Fallahpour M, Faraji N, Farzadmanesh S, HajiAbbasi Someesaraie K, Kalantari A, Karimizadeh M, Kaviani E, Mesdaghi M, Marjani M, Modaresi M, Mohammadzadeh I, Movahedi M, Movahedi M, Nabavi M, Norouzi-Barough L, Razaghian A, Shariat M, Seraj S, Seyedi S, Seyedsalehi S, Shafiei A, Shahraki Ghadimi Z, Shakerian B, Sharafian S, Shokri S, Tavakol M, Vosughimotlagh A, Yazdani R, Rezaei N. Treatment of Patients with Inborn Errors of Immunity Should Not Be Postponed until Genetic Confirmation. Immunol Genet J. 2026;9(1):26-28.