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SUBMITTER: Pithukpakorn M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4444022 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pithukpakorn Manop M Roothumnong Ekkapong E Angkasekwinai Nasikarn N Suktitipat Bhoom B Assawamakin Anunchai A Luangwedchakarn Voravich V Umrod Pinklow P Thongnoppakhun Wanna W Foongladda Suporn S Suputtamongkol Yupin Y
PloS one 20150526 5
Recently a newly identified clinical syndrome of disseminated non-tuberculous mycobacterial diseases (with or without other opportunistic infections in adult patients who were previously healthy, has been recognized in association with an acquired autoantibody to interferon-gamma. This syndrome is emerging as an important cause of morbidity and mortality, especially among people of Asian descent. Trigger for the production of this autoantibody remains unknown, but genetic factors are strongly su ...[more]