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Hyper IgM syndrome: the other side of the coin.
Current opinion in pediatrics - 1 Dec 2001
Fuleihan R L
Abstract excerpt
The hyper IgM syndrome is a rare, inherited immune deficiency disorder resulting from defects in the CD40 ligand/CD40-signaling pathway. X-linked hyper IgM is caused by defects in the CD40 ligand gene that prevent it from delivering an activation signal to antigen-presenting cells via CD40. Over the past year, defects in molecules involved in CD40 signaling have been shown to cause other forms of hyper IgM. These...
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