First use of thymus transplantation therapy for FOXN1 deficiency (nude/SCID): A report of 2 cases

Blood

Volumn 117, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 688-696

  Markert, M Louise ^a   Marques, José G ^b,c   Neven, Bénédicte ^d,e   Devlin, Blythe H ^a   McCarthy, Elizabeth A ^a   Chinn, Ivan K ^a   Albuquerque, Adriana S ^c   Silva, Susana L ^c   Pignata, Claudio ^f   De Saint Basile, Geneviève ^d,e   Victorino, Rui M ^c   Picard, Capucine ^d,e,g   Debre, Marianne ^d   Mahlaoui, Nizar ^d   Fischer, Alain ^d,e   Sousa, Ana E ^c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^d HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^g IMAGINE INSTITUTE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN FOXN1; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIGEN SPECIFICITY; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE THYROIDITIS; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CASE REPORT; CD3+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CD4+ T LYMPHOCYTE; CELL FUNCTION; CYTOPENIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HERPES VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN HERPESVIRUS 6; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFANT; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 78751535405     PISSN: 00064971     EISSN: 15280020     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1182/blood-2010-06-292490     Document Type: Article

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