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Familial disseminated atypical mycobacterial infection in childhood: a human mycobacterial susceptibility gene?
Lancet (London, England) - 14 Jan 1995
Levin M, Newport M J, D'Souza S, Kalabalikis P, Brown I N, Lenicker H M, Agius P V, Davies E G, Thrasher A, Klein N
Abstract excerpt
Inherited defects in specific components of the immune system have provided many clues to the immunological mechanisms underlying resistance to microbial infection. We report a familial immune defect predisposing to disseminated atypical mycobacterial infection in childhood. 6 children with disseminated atypical mycobacterial infection and no recognised form of immunodeficency were identified. Four, including two...
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