Chronic Granulomatous Disease, The Mcleod Phenotype and the Contiguous Gene Deletion Syndrome-A Review

Chronic Granulomatous Disease (CGD), a disorder of the NADPH oxidase system, results in phagocyte functional defects and subsequent infections with bacterial and fungal pathogens (such as Aspergillus species and Candida albicans). Deletions and missense, frameshift, or nonsense mutations in the gp91...

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Main Authors: Watkins, Casey E., Litchfield, John, Song, Eunkyung, Jaishankar, Gayatri B., Misra, Niva, Holla, Nikhil, Duffourc, Michelle, Krishnaswamy, Guha
Published: Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University 2011
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Online Access:https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8957
https://doi.org/10.1186/1476-7961-9-13