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Chronic granulomatous disease: two decades of experience from a tertiary care centre in North West India.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Jan 2014
Rawat Amit, Singh Surjit, Suri Deepti, Gupta Anju, Saikia Biman, Minz Ranjana Walker, Sehgal Shobha, Vaiphei Kim, Kamae C, Honma K, Nakagawa N, Imai K, Nonoyama S, Oshima K, Mitsuiki N, Ohara O, Chan Koon-Wing, Lau Yu Lung
Abstract excerpt
Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) results from an inherited defect in the phagocytic cells of the immune system. It is a genetically heterogenous disease caused by defects in one of the five major subunits of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase complex. There is a paucity of data from India on CGD. We herein describe the clinical features in 17 children with CGD from a single...
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