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To investigate the diagnostic contribution of whole-exome sequencing in this setting, we studied 100 Brazilian children up to 4 years of age with early-onset manifestations suggestive of inborn errors of immunity. Exome findings were classified as conclusive diagnoses, suggestive diagnoses, or alternative genetic diagnoses, according to variant pathogenicity and phenotype correlation. The cohort included children from 48 municipalities across Brazil, with a mean age of 16.7 \u00b1 12.9 months at recruitment. A conclusive molecular diagnosis was established in 17% of cases. In this group, 21 disease-causing variants were identified, one-third of which were novel. Thirteen individuals had suggestive genetic findings, whereas five were diagnosed with conditions outside the inborn errors of immunity classification; in this latter group, two-thirds of the variants were novel. 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