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Simultaneous Quantification of T-Cell Receptor Excision Circles (TRECs) and K-Deleting Recombination Excision Circles (KRECs) by Real-time PCR
Published on: December 6, 2014
[Classification of immunodeficiency]
Abstract:
The immunodeficiency, at present an important complex of research, can be classified in 4 main groups. Primary forms can be separated from secondary ones, a third group of interactional type from a fourth one of compensatory character. We suggest a new classification based on a common point of view, which avoids terms as "common variable immunodeficiency" and allows corrections by the results of further research.
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