Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) associated neutropenia: A lesson from monozygotic twins

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 340-342

  Niehues, Tim ^a   Schwarz, Klaus ^b   Schneider, Marion ^a   Schroten, Horst ^a   Schröder, Elisabeth ^a   Stephan, Volker ^a   Wahn, Volker ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Granulocyte colony stimulating factor (G CSF); Neutropenia; Severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID)

Indexed keywords

GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

EID: 0029927516     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.74.4.340     Document Type: Article

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