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Waleed Al-Herz1, Raj Ragupathy, Michel J Massaad, Raja'a Al-Attiyah, Arti Nanda, Karin R Engelhardt, Bodo Grimbacher, Luigi Notarangelo, Talal Chatila, Raif S Geha.
Abstract
Deficiency of dedicator of cytokinesis 8 (DOCK8) is a newly described combined primary immunodeficiency disease. It was found to account for 15% of combined immune deficiency cases in the National Primary Immunodeficiency Disorders Registry in Kuwait, a country with high prevalence of consanguinity. We present the clinical, immunologic and molecular characteristics of 9 Kuwaiti patients with DOCK8 deficiency and discuss differences that distinguish DOCK8 deficiency from atopic dermatitis. Clinical immunologists in areas with high incidence of consanguinity should have a high index of suspicion of DOCK8 deficiency in children with recalcitrant eczema, recurrent non-cutaneous infections and lymphopenia.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22534316 PMCID: PMC3893030 DOI: 10.1016/j.clim.2012.03.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Clin Immunol ISSN: 1521-6616 Impact factor: 3.969