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Unusual case presentations associated with the CD45 C77G polymorphism.
Clinical and experimental immunology - 1 Dec 2006
Tchilian E Z, Gil J, Navarro M L, Fernandez-Cruz E, Chapel H, Misbah S, Ferry B, Renz H, Schwinzer R, Beverley P C L
Abstract excerpt
CD45, the leucocyte common antigen, is a haematopoietic cell specific tyrosine phosphatase. Human polymorphic CD45 variants are associated with autoimmune and infectious diseases and alter the phenotype and function of lymphocytes, establishing CD45 as an important regulator of immune function. Here we report four patients with diverse diseases with unusual clinical features. All four have the C77G polymorphism...
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