Purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiency presenting as severe combined immune deficiency.

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Purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) deficiency is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder of the purine salvage pathway, associated with a variable extent of immunodeficiency. Here, we report a PNP-deficient patient who presented early in life with clinical and laboratory characteristics of severe combined immunodeficiency, including severe infections, marked T-and B-cell deficiency, lack of lymphocyte response...

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