Article
Similar proportion of sporadic cases in cytochrome b558 negative chronic granulomatous disease and Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
Jinrui idengaku zasshi. The Japanese journal of human genetics - 1 Dec 1991
Tanaka Y, Matsuo N, Kuratsuji T
Abstract excerpt
We studied 12 Japanese families of cytochrome b558 (b) negative chronic granulomatous disease (13 patients and 23 family members) and 15 controls for cytochrome b content, O2-, and H2O2 production. Cytochrome b content (nmol/10(8) cells), O2- production (nmol/10(7) cells/min), and percentage of H...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Adult
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Cytochrome b Group
- Female
- Granulomatous Disease, Chronic
- Humans
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Muscular Dystrophies
- Mutation
- NADPH Oxidases
- Neutrophils
- Spectrophotometry, Atomic