MHC class 2 deficiency and X-linked agammaglobulinaemia in a consanguineous extended family

International Journal of Immunogenetics

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 223-226

  Broides, A ^a,b   Shubinsky, G ^b,c   Parvari, R ^b,c   Grimbacher, B ^d   Somech, R ^e,f   Garty, B Z ^f,g   Levy, J ^a,b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^c Shraga Segal Department of Microbiology and Immunology   (Israel)

^d ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^f TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^g SCHNEIDER CHILDREN S MEDICAL CENTER OF ISRAEL   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSANGUINITY; EXTENDED FAMILY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; MAJOR HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGEN CLASS 2 DEFICIENCY; MALE; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; X LINKED AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA;

AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; CONSANGUINITY; EXONS; FEMALE; GENETIC DISEASES, X-LINKED; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS II; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULINS, INTRAVENOUS; INFANT; INTRONS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES;

EID: 67650751401     PISSN: 17443121     EISSN: 1744313X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-313X.2009.00847.x     Document Type: Article

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