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[Chronic granulomatous disease and McLeod phenotype. Description of a case].
Minerva pediatrica - 1 Apr 1990
Saggese G, Baroncelli G I, Bertelloni S, Gualtieri M, Carlotti C, Cinquanta L
Abstract excerpt
Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a genetic syndrome, mostly inherited as an X-linked recessive trait, characterized by severe and recurrent infections due to defective neutrophil leukocytes and monocytes respiratory burst and microbicidal activity. Consequently, the affected patients are prone to infections by catalase-positive bacteria and fungi. The Authors describe a case of X-linked CGD with red cells...
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