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Revertant somatic mosaicism in the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome.
Immunologic research - 1 Jan 2009
Davis Brian R, Candotti Fabio
Abstract excerpt
Up to 11% of patients affected with Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome (WAS) have presented with somatic mosaicism due to spontaneous in vivo reversion to normal of the original mutation or second-site compensatory mutations that restored production of the WAS gene product. The reasons underlying the high prevalence of this phenomenon in WAS are unclear and may include strong selective advantage of revertant cells over...
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