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SUBMITTER: Sanford E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6318772 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

Cold Spring Harbor molecular case studies 20181217 6
X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA, OMIM#300300) is a rare monogenic primary immunodeficiency caused by mutations in the Bruton tyrosine kinase (<i>BTK</i>) gene. XLA is characterized by insufficient immunoglobulin levels and susceptibility to life-threatening bacterial infections. We report on a patient that presented with ecthyma gangrenosum and septicemia. Rapid trio whole-genome sequencing (rWGS) revealed an apparently de novo hemizygous pathogenic variant (c.726dupT; p.Ile243TyrfsTer15) in th ...[more]