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Debilitating progressive encephalitis in a patient with BTK deficiency.
Acta microbiologica et immunologica Hungarica - 1 Sept 2012
Mohammadzadeh Iraj, Yeganeh Mehdi, Khaledi Mojdeh, Salehiomran Mohammad Reza, Aghamohammadi Asghar, Rezaei Nima
Abstract excerpt
X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA), also known as Bruton's tyrosine kinase (BTK) deficiency, is a primary antibody deficiency, characterized by low number of B cells, agammaglobulinemia and increased susceptibility to a variety of infections. Herein, we report a case of XLA with confirmed BTK mutation that developed neurological deficits. While we could not detect any responsible microorganism in spite of...
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