X-linked agammaglobulinaemia and the underlying genetics in two kindreds

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 453-456

  Pienaar, S ^a   Eley, B ^a   Beatty, D W ^a,b   Henderson, H E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b Department of Paediatrics ^*

Author keywords

Bruton's tyrosine kinase; Primary immundeficiency; X linked agammaglobulinaemia

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE;

AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; WESTERN BLOTTING; X CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; LINKAGE (GENETICS); MALE; PEDIGREE; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; X CHROMOSOME;

EID: 0033798850     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1754.2000.00546.x     Document Type: Article

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