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Thirty years of primary immunodeficiencies in Turkey.
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences - 1 Nov 2011
Sanal Ozden, Tezcan Ilhan
Abstract excerpt
Turkey, with its population of some 75 million, has a high rate of consanguineous marriages. Because the majority of the primary immunodeficiencies (PIDs) are inherited as autosomal recessive (AR) forms, the high consanguinity rate leads to a high prevalence of PID diseases in Turkey. The first pediatric immunology division was established in 1972, since then over 10 other immunology divisions have been...
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