Successful restoration of immunity in the DiGeorge syndrome with fetal thymic epithelial transplant.
- 1 July 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by BMJ in Archives of Disease in Childhood
- Vol. 53 (7) , 580-584
- https://doi.org/10.1136/adc.53.7.580
Abstract
A 13-month-old girl presented with right upper lobe pneumonia and hypocalcaemic seizures: investigations showed hypoparathyroidism and impaired cell-mediated immune responses. Other features of the DiGeorge syndrome included hypertelorism, short philtrum of the lip, right-sided aortic arch, and aberrant origin of the left subclavian artery. Successful restoration of the immunodeficiency was achieved by transplantation of fetal thymic epithelium.This publication has 20 references indexed in Scilit:
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