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[The NADPH-oxidase complex in chronic granulomatous disease: preliminary description of a cluster in Mérida-Venezuela].
Investigacion clinica - 1 Dec 1999
Salmen S, Berrueta L, Heyworth P, Borges L, Hernández M, Muñoz J
Abstract excerpt
Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD) is a primary immunodeficiency characterized by an unusual predisposition to develop bacterial and fungal infections due to a failure of phagocytic leukocytes to generate superoxide, required for the intracellular killing of microorganisms. The lack of superoxide production is secondary to a defect in the NADPH-oxidase enzymatic complex activation, as a result of mutations of...
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