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Chronic granulomatous disease: Review of a cohort of Egyptian patients.
Allergologia et immunopathologia - 1 Jan 2000
Meshaal S, El Hawary R, Abd Elaziz D, Alkady R, Galal N, Boutros J, Elmarsafy A
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BACKGROUND: Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is an inherited disease that results from a defect in the phagocytic cells of the immune system. It is caused by defects in one of the major subunits of the nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase complex. The clinical presentations of CGD patients are heterogeneous. OBJECTIVES: This is the first report from Egypt discussing clinical and...
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