Treatment of X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency by in utero transplantation of paternal bone marrow
Treatment of X-linked severe combined immunodeficiency by in utero transplantation of paternal bone marrow
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DOI:
10.1056/nejm199612123352404
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发表时间:
1996-12-12
影响因子:
158.5
通讯作者:
Zanjani, ED
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作者:
Flake, AW;Roncarolo, MG;Zanjani, ED
Severe combined immunodeficiency is a congenital syndrome due to various genetic abnormalities that cause susceptibility to infection, failure to thrive, lymphoid hypoplasia, very low levels of T lymphocytes, and hypogammaglobulinemia.1,2Untreated, the disorder is usually fatal within the first year of life. We report the successful treatment of a fetus with the X-linked variant of severe combined immunodeficiency by the in utero transplantation of paternal bone marrow that was enriched with hematopoietic cell progenitors.Case ReportThe patient, 11 months old at this writing, is the second son of a 28-year-old woman known to carry a mutation found in . . .