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[Primary immunodeficiencies--agammaglobulinemia--a new trend in diagnosis and treatment].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Jun 2010
Miyawaki Toshio, Kanegane Hirokazu
Abstract excerpt
The primary antibody deficiency syndromes are a group of relatively rare disorders characterized by an inability to produce efficient antibody responses, resulting in clinically agammaglobulinemia in affected individuals. Most of them are caused by mutations in genes involved in B cell differentiation. They commonly present with recurrent infections due to encapsulated bacteria. Treatment of primary antibody...
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