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Severe Aspergillus Pneumonia and Pulmonary Artery Hypertension in a Child with Autosomal Recessive Chronic Granulomatous Disease and Selective IgA Deficiency

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Authors thankfully acknowledge India Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, India, and Department of Health Research, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Govt of India, New Delhi, India, for funding vide Grant No GIA/48/2014-DHR and Foundation for Primary Immunodeficiencies (FPID), USA. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

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Supplementary Figure- Genomic DNA sequencing analysis for Exon-2 of NCF-1 gene in control (A) and patient (B). GT deletion was seen in the initial sequence of Exon 2 in the index patient (arrowheads). (GIF 113 kb)

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Jindal, A.K., Rawat, A., Suri, D. et al. Severe Aspergillus Pneumonia and Pulmonary Artery Hypertension in a Child with Autosomal Recessive Chronic Granulomatous Disease and Selective IgA Deficiency. J Clin Immunol 37, 333–335 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10875-017-0386-6

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