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Molecular analysis of a large cohort of patients with the hyper immunoglobulin M (IgM) syndrome.
Blood - 1 Mar 2005
Lee Wen-I, Torgerson Troy R, Schumacher Michael J, Yel Leman, Zhu Qili, Ochs Hans D
Abstract excerpt
The hyper immunoglobulin M (IgM) syndrome (HIGM), characterized by recurrent infections, low serum IgG and IgA, normal or elevated IgM, and defective class switch recombination and somatic hypermutation, is a heterogenous disorder with at least 5 distinct molecular defects, including mutations of the genes coding for the CD40 ligand (CD40L) and IKK-gamma (NEMO) genes, both X-linked; and mutations of CD40,...
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