Warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, infections and myelokathexis — or WHIM — syndrome is a rare but important primary immunodeficiency that leaves some patients susceptible to life-threatening infections as well as to cancer.
Healio spoke with Teresa Kathleen Tarrant, MD, associate professor in rheumatology and immunology at Duke University School of Medicine, to find out more about the disease, including its diagnosis, treatment and how doctors can better help patients who have been diagnosed with it.
Healio: How does WHIM syndrome fit into the range of primary immunodeficiency disorders