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A 1-Year-Old Girl with a Gain-of-Function STAT1 Mutation Treated with Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation

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Acknowledgments

We thank the patient and her family for the invaluable lessons of life that they gave to us. We acknowledge the members of our laboratories and clinical teams for their important support.

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  1. Allergy and Immunology Division, Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, Calle Manuel Candamo 257, Lince, Lima, Peru

    Juan Carlos Aldave, Enrique Cachay, Luis Núñez & Armando Koo

  2. Histocompatibility Laboratory, Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, Lima, Peru

    Ausberto Chunga

  3. Hematology Division, Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins, Lima, Peru

    Sergio Murillo

  4. St. Giles Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Rockefeller Branch, The Rockefeller University, New York, NY, USA

    Sophie Cypowyj & Jean-Laurent Casanova

  5. Laboratory of Human Genetics of Infectious Diseases, Necker Branch, Necker Medical School, INSERM U980 and University Paris Descartes, Paris, France

    Jacinta Bustamante, Anne Puel & Jean-Laurent Casanova

  6. Center for the Study of Primary Immunodeficiencies, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Necker–Enfants Malades, Paris, France

    Jacinta Bustamante

  7. Pediatric Hematology-Immunology Unit, Necker Hospital, AP-HP, and University Paris Descartes, Paris, France

    Jean-Laurent Casanova

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Aldave, J.C., Cachay, E., Núñez, L. et al. A 1-Year-Old Girl with a Gain-of-Function STAT1 Mutation Treated with Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation. J Clin Immunol 33, 1273–1275 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10875-013-9947-5

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