The Incidence and Prevalence of Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disease in Taiwan, A Population-Based Study

Chih-Wei Tseng; Kuo-Lung Lai; Der-Yuan Chen; Ching-Heng Lin; Hsin-Hua Chen

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0140473

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The Incidence and Prevalence of Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disease in Taiwan, A Population-Based Study

Chih-Wei Tseng,

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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Kuo-Lung Lai,

Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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Der-Yuan Chen,

Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Biomedical Science and Rong Hsing Research Center for Translational Medicine, Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Education, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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Ching-Heng Lin ,

* E-mail: shc5555@hotmail.com (HHC); epid@ms39.hinet.net (CHL)

Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan
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Hsin-Hua Chen

* E-mail: shc5555@hotmail.com (HHC); epid@ms39.hinet.net (CHL)

Affiliations Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, School of Medicine, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan, School of Medicine, Chung-Shan Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Biomedical Science and Rong Hsing Research Center for Translational Medicine, Chung-Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan, Department of Medical Research, Taichung Veterans General Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, Institute of Public Health and Community Medicine Research Center, National Yang-Ming University, Taiwan, Institute of Hospital and Health Care Administration, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
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The Incidence and Prevalence of Common Variable Immunodeficiency Disease in Taiwan, A Population-Based Study

Chih-Wei Tseng,
Kuo-Lung Lai,
Der-Yuan Chen,
Ching-Heng Lin,
Hsin-Hua Chen

Published: October 13, 2015
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0140473

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