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STAT2 deficiency and susceptibility to viral illness in humans.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 19 Feb 2013
Hambleton Sophie, Goodbourn Stephen, Young Dan F, Dickinson Paul, Mohamad Siti M B, Valappil Manoj, McGovern Naomi, Cant Andrew J, Hackett Scott J, Ghazal Peter, Morgan Neil V, Randall Richard E
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Severe infectious disease in children may be a manifestation of primary immunodeficiency. These genetic disorders represent important experiments of nature with the capacity to elucidate nonredundant mechanisms of human immunity. We hypothesized that a primary defect of innate antiviral immunity was responsible for unusually severe viral illness in two siblings; the proband developed disseminated vaccine strain...
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