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Inherited disorders of IL-12- and IFNgamma-mediated immunity: a molecular genetics update.
Molecular immunology - 1 May 2002
Döffinger R, Dupuis S, Picard C, Fieschi C, Feinberg J, Barcenas-Morales G, Casanova J-L
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In the last 6 years, considerable advances have been made in the molecular analysis of a rare clinical syndrome: Mendelian susceptibility to mycobacterial disease (MSMD). Infection with poorly virulent environmental non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) or vaccination with bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) may cause disseminating and even fatal disease in individuals suffering from this syndrome. Mutations in five...
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