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Thymus microenvironment in human primary immunodeficiency diseases.
Current opinion in allergy and clinical immunology - 1 Dec 2009
Poliani Pietro Luigi, Vermi William, Facchetti Fabio
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Severe combined immunodeficiencies represent a heterogeneous group of genetic disorders affecting genes of both early and late steps in lymphocytes development, a process tightly controlled by thymic epithelial cells. Detailed analysis of thymic morphology aids to the assessment of the severity of the immune disorder and may be critical to the understanding of the role of the genetic defects in...
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