[Chronic-granulomatous disease].

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Chronic-granulomatous disease (CGD) is a rare inherited primary immunodeficiency syndrome caused by a defective oxidative metabolism of phagocytic cells. Dysfunction of the membranous NADPH oxidase complex leads to a greatly increased susceptibility to severe fungal and bacterial infections, early in childhood. The most severe and frequent type of GCD is the X-linked transmitted form caused by mutations in the...

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