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The search for a genetic defect in Polish patients with chronic granulomatous disease.
Archivum immunologiae et therapiae experimentalis - 1 Jan 2000
Jurkowska Monika, Kurenko-Deptuch Magdalena, Bal Jerzy, Roos Dirk
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INTRODUCTION: Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD)is a rare inherited disorder in which phagocytic cells are unable to generate superoxide anions. Patients with CGD are predisposed to recurrent bacterial and fungal infections because the superoxide-generating NADPH oxidase activity is needed for efficient killing of microbes. Among the at least 5 subunits cre-ating a functional NADPH oxidase, a molecular defect...
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