Hyper-immunoglobulin M syndrome caused by a mutation in the promotor for CD40L

Immunology

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 497-501

  Van Hoeyveld, Erna ^a   Zhang, Ping Xia ^b   De Boeck, Kris ^a   Fuleihan, Ramsay ^b   Bossuyt, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

CD40L; Hyper IgM; Immunodeficiency

Indexed keywords

CD40 LIGAND; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENOMIC DNA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; LUCIFERASE; MESSENGER RNA;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL SURFACE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HYPERIMMUNOGLOBULINEMIA M; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; MALE; PNEUMOCYSTIS CARINII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RNA ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; X CHROMOSOME LINKED DISORDER;

CD40 LIGAND; GENETIC DISEASES, X-LINKED; HUMANS; HYPERGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; IMMUNOLOGIC DEFICIENCY SYNDROMES; INFANT; MALE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNDROME;

EID: 33847648360     PISSN: 00192805     EISSN: 13652567     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2567.2006.02520.x     Document Type: Article

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