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A novel IL2RG mutation associated with maternal T lymphocyte engraftment in a patient with severe combined immunodeficiency.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Jan 2006
Kellermayer Richard, Hsu Amy P, Stankovics József, Balogh Péter, Hadzsiev Kinga, Vojcek Ágnes, Maródi László, Kajtár Pál, Kosztolányi György, Puck Jennifer M
Abstract excerpt
Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) represents a genetically heterogeneous group of primary immunodeficiency disorders. Irrespective of the genetic defect, patients with SCID may be engrafted with transplacentally derived maternal T-lymphocytes that in a subset of cases may be responsive to phytohemagglutinin. Here, we present, from a genetic perspective, an SCID patient who not only harbored a novel mutation...
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