Nijmegen breakage syndrome. Diagnostic difficulties in primary immunodeficiency

Central-European Journal of Immunology

Volumn 30, Issue 3-4, 2005, Pages 83-88

  Szczawińska Popłonyk, Aleksandra ^a   Popiel, Anna ^a   Brȩborowicz, Anna ^a   Pietrucha, Barbara ^b   Bernatowska, Ewa ^b  

^a POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Poland)

^b CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Children; Immunodeficiency; Nimegen breakage syndrome

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BRONCHODILATING AGENT; CORTICOSTEROID; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; MUCOLYTIC AGENT;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRONCHUS BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMMUNE SYSTEM; KARYOTYPING; LABORATORY TEST; NIJMEGEN BREAKAGE SYNDROME; RECURRENT INFECTION; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 33748521990     PISSN: 14263912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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