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Severe combined immunodeficiency caused by a splicing abnormality of the CD3delta gene.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 May 2005
Takada Hidetoshi, Nomura Akihiko, Roifman Chaim M, Hara Toshiro
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: CD3delta deficiency is a recently identified rare form of severe combined immunodeficiency. We analysed the CD3delta gene in a Japanese family with severe combined immunodeficiency. The patients lacked T-cells with normal numbers of B-cells and natural killer cells in peripheral blood. We found a novel homozygous mutation in the splicing acceptor site of intron 2 (IVS2-2A --> G) in these patients....
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