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Genetic Counseling in Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders: An Emerging Experience in Egypt.
Molecular diagnosis & therapy - 1 Dec 2017
El Hawary Rabab E, Meshaal Safa S, Abd Elaziz Dalia S, Elsharkawy Marwa A, Alkady Radwa S, Lotfy Sohilla, El-Sheikhah Ahmad, Hassan Amr, Galal Nermeen M, Boutros Jeannette A, Elmarsafy Aisha M
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Primary immunodeficiency disorders (PIDs) are a heterogeneous group of diseases of the immune system leading to life-threatening infections, and, unless urgently treated with immune reconstitution, patients do not usually survive. With the continuing progress in molecular diagnosis, many mutations have been described in more than 300 genes. Genetic counseling has recently been considered an essential...
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