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X-linked agammaglobulinemia: Twenty years of single-center experience from North West India.
Annals of allergy, asthma & immunology : official publication of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, & Immunology - 1 Oct 2016
Singh Surjit, Rawat Amit, Suri Deepti, Gupta Anju, Garg Ravinder, Saikia Biman, Minz Ranjana Walker, Sehgal Shobha, Chan Koon-Wing, Lau Yu Lung, Kamae Chikako, Honma Kenichi, Nakagawa Noriko, Imai Kohsuke, Nonoyama Shigeaki, Oshima Koichi, Mitsuiki Noriko, Ohara Osamu
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BACKGROUND: X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) is an X-linked genetic defect in maturation of B lymphocytes that results in the absence of B lymphocytes in the peripheral blood and profound hypogammaglobulinemia. It is caused by a mutation in the BTK gene located on the X chromosome. There are no large series describing XLA from the developing world. OBJECTIVE: To analyze the clinical features, immunologic and...
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