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[Purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) deficiency].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Dec 1996
Sakiyama T
Abstract excerpt
The clinical manifestation, diagnosis, pathogenesis, pathophysiology and treatment of purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNP) deficiency is overviewed. Among the severe combined immunodeficiency syndrome (SCID), PNP deficiency was 2ndly found as an autosomal recessively heritable purine metabolic disease. This disease is characterized by severe T-cell immunodysfunction accompanied by marked low level of uricemia...
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