Variability of immunodeficiency associated with ataxia telangiectasia and clinical evolution in 12 affected patients

Pediatric Allergy and Immunology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 615-618

  Claret Teruel, G ^a,b   Giner Munoz M T ^a   Plaza Martin A M ^a   Martin Mateos M A ^a   Piquer Gibert, M ^a   Sierra Martinez J I ^a  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL SANT JOAN DE DÉU   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alpha fetoprotein; Ataxia telangiectasia; Children; Immunodeficiency

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; IMMUNOGLOBULIN;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COUNSELING; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G DEFICIENCY; MALE; PNEUMONIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; SIBLING; SINUSITIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; INFANT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27644587567     PISSN: 09056157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-3038.2005.00323.x     Document Type: Article

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