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A Founder Effect of c.257 + 2T > C Mutation in NCF2 Gene Underlies Severe Chronic Granulomatous Disease in Eleven Patients.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Aug 2016
Ben-Farhat Khaoula, Ben-Mustapha Imen, Ben-Ali Meriem, Rouault Karen, Hamami Saber, Mekki Najla, Ben-Chehida Amel, Larguèche Beya, Fitouri Zohra, Abdelmoula Selim, Khemiri Monia, Guediche Mohamed-Neji, Boukthir Samir, Barsaoui Sihem, Chemli Jalel, Barbouche Mohamed-Ridha
Abstract excerpt
Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is the prototypic functional neutrophil disorder caused by genetic defects in one of the five genes encoding the superoxide-generating nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH)-oxidase subunits of phagocytes. Mutations causing the most prevalent form of CGD in western populations are located in the X-linked-CYBB gene. The four remaining autosomal recessive (AR) forms...
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