Open AccessImprovement of common variable immunodeficiency using embryonic stem cell therapy in a patient with lyme disease: a clinical case report
Author(s) -
Horowitz Richard,
Freeman Phyllis R.
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.1556
Subject(s) - common variable immunodeficiency , medicine , lyme disease , stem cell , embryonic stem cell , transplantation , stem cell therapy , disease , immunology , pathology , surgery , antibody , biology , biochemistry , genetics , gene
Key Clinical Message Bone marrow transplantation and stem cell therapies have been used for the treatment of common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) and other life‐threatening medical disorders. This is the first known case report in the medical literature describing improvement of both Lyme disease and CVID with human embryonic stem cell therapy.