Chronic granulomatous disease as a risk factor for cutaneous lupus in childhood

Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is a primaryimmunodeficiency disorder that affects the phagocyticcells of the innate immune system. It is characterizedby recurrent or persistent infections with granulomaformation. Lupus-like lesions have been reported incarriers of CGD and less frequently, in pa...

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Main Author: Carvalho, S. (author)
Other Authors: Machado, S. (author), Sampaio, R. (author), Guedes, M. (author), Vasconcelos, J. (author), Semedo, D. (author), Selores, M. (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10400.16/2163
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.chporto.pt:10400.16/2163