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Genetical analysis of all Danish patients diagnosed with chronic granulomatous disease.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Nov 2012
Jakobsen M A, Katzenstein T L, Valerius N H, Roos D, Fisker N, Mogensen T H, Jensen P Ø, Barington T
Abstract excerpt
Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a rare inherited disorder of the innate immune system caused by a defect in NADPH oxidase, leaving the granulocytes unable to kill invading microorganisms. CGD is caused by mutation in one of the five components gp91phox, p22phox, p47phox, p67phox and p40pho...
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