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Granulomatous Disease, Chronic
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Definition
: A recessive X-linked defect of leukocyte function in which phagocytic cells ingest but fail to digest bacteria, resulting in recurring bacterial infections with granuloma formation.
also called granulomatous disease of childhood
Other names
Granulomatous Diseases, Chronic; Diseases, Chronic Granulomatous; Disease, Chronic Granulomatous; Chronic Granulomatous Diseases; Chronic Granulomatous Disease
Substance
CAS Registry & name
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Source
neutrophil cytosolic factor 1
EC 1.6.3.1
*NADPH Oxidase
Granulomatous Disease, Chronic.
Science 1989;245(4916):409
cytochrome b245
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*Cytochrome b Group
Granulomatous Disease, Chronic
NADPH Oxidase.
Biochem J 1982;204(2):479