Article
Leukocyte adhesion deficiency in children and Irish setter dogs.
Pediatric research - 1 Mar 2004
Bauer Thomas R, Gu Yu-Chen, Creevy Kate E, Tuschong Laura M, Embree Lisa, Holland Steven M, Sokolic Robert A, Hickstein Dennis D
Abstract excerpt
Children with the genetic immunodeficiency disease leukocyte adhesion deficiency, or LAD, develop life-threatening bacterial infections as a result of the inability of their leukocytes to adhere to the vessel wall and migrate to the sites of infection. Recently, the canine counterpart to LAD, known as canine leukocyte adhesion deficiency, or CLAD, has been described in Irish setter dogs. This review describes how...
Topics
- Animals
- Child
- Disease Models, Animal
- Dogs
- Genetic Therapy
- Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
- Humans
- Leukocyte-Adhesion Deficiency Syndrome
- Phenotype
