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The monograph presents the basics of the modern doctrine of phagocyte myeloperoxidase deficiency as a common primary minor immunodeficiency with a lesion of the phagocytic immune system.

The first chapter of the book describes the functional purpose of the myeloperoxidase enzyme in the human body, analyses the etiology, pathogenesis, clinical picture, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of primary myeloperoxidase deficiency, reports on the association of this immunodeficiency and parkinsonism syndrome in young women, and alsodata on the effectiveness of immunotherapy with recombinant human gamma interferon in this disease are presented.

The second section is devoted to the description of a number of illustrative clinical cases of phagocyte myeloperoxidase deficiency from medical practice.