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Lack of nonfunctional B-cell receptor rearrangements in a patient with normal B cell numbers despite partial RAG1 deficiency and atypical SCID/Omenn syndrome.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Sept 2008
Ohm-Laursen Line, Nielsen Christian, Fisker Niels, Lillevang Søren Thue, Barington Torben
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INTRODUCTION: A 2.5-month old boy presented with recurrent wheezing, protracted diarrhea, erythrodermia, and failure to thrive. METHODS AND RESULTS: Laboratory analysis showed lymphocytopenia with severely reduced T-cell numbers but normal numbers of B and NK cells. Serum IgE was increased and the patient had eosinophilia. These presentations are consistent with atypical severe combined immunodeficiency...
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