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Impaired antibody affinity maturation process characterizes a subset of patients with common variable immunodeficiency.
Journal of immunology (Baltimore, Md. : 1950) - 15 Oct 2000
Bonhomme D, Hammarström L, Webster D, Chapel H, Hermine O, Le Deist F, Lepage E, Romeo P H, Levy Y
Abstract excerpt
Common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) is an heterogeneous syndrome characterized by decreased levels of serum Ig and recurrent bacterial infection. Here, we were interested to study whether a qualitative defect of the affinity Ab maturation process could be combined to the low level of serum Ig in a cohort of 38 CVID patients. For this, we designed a novel and rapid screening test for the detection of...
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