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Invasive Bacterial Infection in Patients with Interleukin-1 Receptor-associated Kinase 4 Deficiency: Case Report.
Medicine - 1 Jan 2016
Takada Hidetoshi, Ishimura Masataka, Takimoto Tomohito, Kohagura Toaki, Yoshikawa Hideto, Imaizumi Masue, Shichijyou Koichi, Shimabukuro Yoko, Kise Tomoo, Hyakuna Nobuyuki, Ohara Osamu, Nonoyama Shigeaki, Hara Toshiro
Abstract excerpt
Interleukin-1 receptor-associated kinase 4 (IRAK4) deficiency (OMIM #607676) is a rare primary immunodeficiency of innate immune defect. We identified 10 patients from 6 families with IRAK4 deficiency in Japan, and analyzed the clinical characteristics of this disease. Nine patients had homozygous c.123_124insA mutation, and 1 patient had c.123_124insA and another nonsense mutation (547C>T). Umbilical cord...
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