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Type І hyper IgM syndrome with novel mutation from India.
Indian journal of pediatrics - 1 Jun 2014
Merchant Rashid H, Ahmed Javed, Ahmed Noor, Picard Capucine
Abstract excerpt
Hyper IgM syndrome is a primary immunodeficiency disorder characterized by normal or raised levels of immunoglobulin (Ig) M with low or absent IgG, IgA, and IgE. Five genetic causes of Hyper IgM have been identified. CD40L is deficient on T cells in Type І Hyper IgM, leading to defective interaction between T and B lymphocytes and consequently an inability to switch from production of IgM to other classes of...
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