Bruton's agammaglobulinemia

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Description of Bruton's agammaglobulinemia

Bruton's agammaglobulinemia: An inherited disorder characterized by low levels of protective immunoglobulins leading to increased susceptibility to repeated infections.

Bruton's agammaglobulinemia: X-linked agammaglobulinemia. An immunodeficiency state characterized (usually) by profoundly low concentrations of serum immunoglobulins of all classes, although occasionally significant amounts of one or more isotypes can be found. The fundamental defect in XLA affects early lineage B cells.
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• Bruton
• Agammaglobulinemia
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• Inherited disease
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• Immunoglobulins
• Susceptibility

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Terms Similar to Bruton's agammaglobulinemia:

• X-linked hypogammaglobulinaemia

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External links related to: Bruton's agammaglobulinemia

• Bruton-Gitlin syndrome (www.whonamedit.com)
• GeneReviews: Agammaglobulinemia, X-Linked
• eMedicine - Bruton Agammaglobulinemia : Article by Isabel N Granja Jander, MD
• OMIM - BRUTON AGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA TYROSINE KINASE; BTK
• eMedicine - Bruton Agammaglobulinemia : Article by Terry Chin, MD

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