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Multiple intestinal atresia with combined immune deficiency related to TTC7A defect is a multiorgan pathology: study of a French-Canadian-based cohort.
Medicine - 1 Dec 2014
Fernandez Isabel, Patey Natalie, Marchand Valérie, Birlea Mirela, Maranda Bruno, Haddad Elie, Decaluwe Hélène, Le Deist Françoise
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary multiple intestinal atresia (HMIA) is a rare cause of intestinal obstruction in humans associated with a profound combined immune deficiency. Deleterious mutations of the tetratricopeptide repeat domain-7A (TTC7A) gene lead to HMIA, although the mechanism(s) causing the disease in TTC7A deficiency has (have) not yet been clearly identified. To evaluate the consequences of TTC7A deficiency, we studied...
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