993 MARROW TRANSPLANTATION (BMT) FROM A HETEROZYGOUS CARRIER DONOR IN CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE (CGD)
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X-linked chronic granulomatous disease in a male child with an X-CGD carrier, Klinefelter brother.
BACKGROUND Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a rare primary immunodeficiency (PID) caused by a dysfunctional respiratory burst enzyme NADPH-oxidase. The concurrence of Klinefelter's Syndrome (KS) and CGD would be extremely rare. OBJECTIVE We describe the study of a family where the youngest male child had X-linked CGD (X-CGD) while his older brother was both an X-CGD carrier and a Klinef...
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عنوان ژورنال: Pediatric Research
سال: 1985
ISSN: 0031-3998,1530-0447
DOI: 10.1203/00006450-198504000-01023