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Analysis of Btk mutations in patients with X-linked agammaglobulinaemia (XLA) and determination of carrier status in normal female relatives: a nationwide study of Btk deficiency in Greece.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Sept 2001
Speletas M, Kanariou M, Kanakoudi-Tsakalidou F, Papadopoulou-Alataki E, Arvanitidis K, Pardali E, Constantopoulos A, Kartalis G, Vihinen M, Sideras P, Ritis K
Abstract excerpt
Bruton's tyrosine kinase (Btk) is a nonreceptor tyrosine kinase, critical for B-cell development and function. Mutations that inactivate this kinase were found in families with X-linked agammaglobulinaemia (XLA). In this study the Btk gene was analyzed in 13 registered Greek patients with XLA phenotype originated from 12 unrelated families, in order to provide a definite diagnosis of the XLA. The structure of Btk...
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