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Severe congenital neutropenia or hyper-IgM syndrome? A novel mutation of CD40 ligand in a patient with severe neutropenia.
International archives of allergy and immunology - 1 Jan 2008
Rezaei Nima, Aghamohammadi Asghar, Ramyar Asghar, Pan-Hammarstrom Qiang, Hammarstrom Lennart
Abstract excerpt
Severe congenital neutropenia (SCN) and CD40 ligand deficiency (CD40LD) are two primary immunodeficiency diseases caused by different underlying genetic defects. In this report, we present a case who clinically presented as a SCN patient, but subsequent mutation analysis of this patient was compatible with CD40LD. The patient is a 3-year-old boy, who was referred to our center because of pneumonia, oral and anal...
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