Article
A new case of autosomal recessive agammaglobulinaemia with impaired pre-B cell differentiation due to a large deletion of the IGH locus.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Sept 2002
Milili Michèle, Antunes Henedina, Blanco-Betancourt Carla, Nogueiras Ana, Santos Eugénia, Vasconcelos Júlia, Castro e Melo João, Schiff Claudine
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Males with X-linked agammaglobulinaemia (XLA) due to mutations in the Bruton tyrosine kinase gene constitute the major group of congenital hypogammaglobulinaemia with absence of peripheral B cells. In these cases, blockages between the pro-B and pre-B cell stage in the bone marrow are found. The remaining male and female cases clinically similar to XLA represent a genotypically heterogeneous group of...
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