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Uncommon missense and splice mutations and resulting biochemical phenotypes in German patients with X-linked chronic granulomatous disease.
Experimental hematology - 1 Mar 1999
Roesler J, Heyden S, Burdelski M, Schäfer H, Kreth H W, Lehmann R, Paul D, Marzahn J, Gahr M, Rösen-Wolff A
Abstract excerpt
Chronic granulomatous disease is an inherited disease characterized by the inability of phagocytes to generate normal amounts of superoxide, leaving patients susceptible to opportunistic, life-threatening infections. In the majority of cases, cytochrome b558 is absent in the X-chromosomal form of CGD. However, the neutrophils from six of nine X-linked CGD patients, reported here, expressed normal or decreased...
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