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Evaluation of Severe Combined Immunodeficiency and Combined Immunodeficiency Pediatric Patients on the Basis of Cellular Radiosensitivity.
The Journal of molecular diagnostics : JMD - 1 Sept 2015
Lobachevsky Pavel, Woodbine Lisa, Hsiao Kuang-Chih, Choo Sharon, Fraser Chris, Gray Paul, Smith Jai, Best Nickala, Munforte Laura, Korneeva Elena, Martin Roger F, Jeggo Penny A, Martin Olga A
Abstract excerpt
Pediatric patients with severe or nonsevere combined immunodeficiency have increased susceptibility to severe, life-threatening infections and, without hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, may fail to thrive. A subset of these patients have the radiosensitive (RS) phenotype, which may necessitate conditioning before hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, and this conditioning includes radiomimetic drugs,...
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