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Utility of Immunohistochemistry and Immunofluorescence in Determining the Pathogenic Variants of Chronic Granulomatous Disease.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Jan 2022
Sekar Aravind, Gupta Kirti, Rawat Amit, Jindal Ankur, Pandiarajan Vignesh, Suri Deepti, Gupta Anju, Kaur Gurjit, Kumar Ishwar, Gummadi Anjani, Sil Archan, Singh Surjit
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BACKGROUND: Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a primary immunodeficiency disorder of phagocytes due to defects in any of the five subunits of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate (NADPH) oxidase complex. An initial diagnosis of CGD is made by flow cytometry-based dihydrorhodamine assay or nitro blue tetrazolium test, which is further confirmed by molecular assays. Expression of five subunits of NADPH...
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