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The genetic and biochemical basis of Omenn syndrome.
Immunological reviews - 1 Dec 2000
Santagata S, Villa A, Sobacchi C, Cortes P, Vezzoni P
Abstract excerpt
Omenn syndrome (OS) is a peculiar, autosomal recessive severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) associated with early-onset, generalized, exudative erythrodermia; lymphoadenopathy; hepato- and splenomegaly; hypereosinophilia; elevated serum IgE; and normal to high activated, yet non-functional, oligoclonal T cells. Recent investigations have shown that the primum movens of all these puzzling features lies in a...
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