[Chronic granulomatous disease and McLeod phenotype. Description of a case].

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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

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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 pr...

Topics

Erythrocytes, Abnormal
Genetic Linkage
Granulomatous Disease, Chronic
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Male
Pedigree
Phenotype
X Chromosome

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