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B-cell maturation defects in common variable immunodeficiency and association with clinical features.
Pathology - 1 Apr 2008
Berglund Lucinda J, Wong Sue W J, Fulcher David A
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AIMS: Patients with common variable immunodeficiency (CVID) often have defects in post-antigenic B-cell differentiation with fewer memory B cells and impaired isotype switching. We aimed to classify CVID patients according to these defects and determine whether this predicted clinical manifestations. METHODS: We analysed the memory marker CD27, maturation marker CD21, and IgD on peripheral blood B cells from 31...
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