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CD70 Deficiency Associated With Chronic Epstein-Barr Virus Infection, Recurrent Airway Infections and Severe Gingivitis in a 24-Year-Old Woman.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2020
Krüger Renate, Martin Emmanuel, Dmytrus Jasmin, Feiterna-Sperling Cornelia, Meisel Christian, Unterwalder Nadine, Kölsch Uwe, Wahn Volker, Hofmann Jörg, Korn Paula, Latour Sylvain, Boztug Kaan, von Bernuth Horst
Abstract excerpt
Most of the few patients with homozygous CD70 deficiency described to date suffered from EBV-related malignancies in early childhood. We present a woman with CD70 deficiency diagnosed in adulthood. She presented in childhood with recurrent airway infections due to encapsulated bacteria, herpes zoster and a fulminant EBV infection followed by chronic EBV infection with mild lymphoproliferation and severe...
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