Erschienen in:
28.03.2017 | Letter to Editor
Preference of Genetic Diagnosis of CXCR4 Mutation Compared with Clinical Diagnosis of WHIM Syndrome
verfasst von:
Asghar Aghamohammadi, Hassan Abolhassani, Jacek Puchalka, Naschla Greif-Kohistani, Samaneh Zoghi, Christoph Klein, Nima Rezaei
Erschienen in:
Journal of Clinical Immunology
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Ausgabe 3/2017
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Excerpt
The enormous phenotypic and genetic heterogeneity in primary immunodeficiency (PID) hamper straightforward clinical diagnosis. More than 50 of all known types of PID classified by the International Union of Immunological Societies (IUIS) are named based on syndromes and clinical phenotypes, while some mutations can lead to variable and unexpected presentations [
1]. Therefore, during a genetic evaluation of a patient diagnosed clinically, incomplete and atypical penetrance of a previously described PID gene should be considered by the treating immunologists and physicians. …