Immune Deficiency Disease

Dirk Willem van Bekkum: a pioneer in haematology, transplantation and radiobiology (1925–2015) 

An enzyme immunoassay (EIA) for astrovirus type 1 together with immune electronmicroscopy (IEM) was used to type a collection of… Expand

From January 1978 to December 1988, 54 males and 59 females were treated for varicella, zoster and disseminated zoster by… Expand

In Prasad’s initial description of the extraordinarily complex syndrome produced by profound zinc deficiency in humans, evidence… Expand

In 1972, Dr Eloise R. Giblett, a haematologist, and her pediatrician colleagues described two unrelated children whose blood… Expand

A single gene mutation results in near absence of B and T lymphocytes and their immediate progenitors in mice with severe… Expand

Long-term lymphoid bone marrow cultures (LBMC) produce B lymphocytes and their precursors for several months in vitro. To assess… Expand

We evaluated the frequency and severity of illnesses caused by various microbial pathogens in 15 children with severe combined… Expand

Chromosomal heteromorphisms defined by the quinacrine banding technique were used to identify the maternal origin of 46,XX… Expand

The pediatrician confronted with a patient who may have a host defense abnormality often has at his disposal the tools to… Expand