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Leaky phenotype of X-linked agammaglobulinaemia in a Japanese family.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Jun 2005
Kaneko H, Kawamoto N, Asano T, Mabuchi Y, Horikoshi H, Teramoto T, Matsui E, Kondo M, Fukao T, Kasahara K, Kondo N
Abstract excerpt
X-linked agammaglobulinaemia (XLA) is an inherited immunodeficiency that is caused by a block in early B-cell differentiation. Whereas early B precursors in the bone marrow are present in substantial numbers, XLA-affected individuals have dramatically reduced numbers of circulating mature B cells, plasma cells and immunoglobulins of all isotypes. We report on a Japanese family with 3 XLA patients, in whom the...
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