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Novel AICDA mutation in a case of autosomal recessive hyper-IgM syndrome, growth hormone deficiency and autoimmunity.
Allergologia et immunopathologia - 1 Jan 2000
Fazel A, Kashef S, Aleyasin S, Harsini S, Karamizadeh Z, Zoghi S, Flores S K, Boztug K, Rezaei N
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BACKGROUND: The Hyper-immunoglobulin M syndromes (HIGM) are a heterogeneous group of genetic disorders, which have been rarely reported to be associated with growth hormone deficiency (GHD). METHODS AND RESULTS: A nine-year-old girl with recurrent urinary tract infections, diarrhoea, sinopulmonary infections, and failure to thrive since the age of six months had normal CD3+, CD4+, CD8+T lymphocytes, and CD19+B...
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