Abstract
For patients with chronic granulomatous disease, interferon gamma therapy is an effective and well-tolerated treatment that reduces the frequency of serious infections.
Keywords
Chronic granulomatous diseaseInterferon gammaMedicineIn vivoDiseaseImmunologyInterferonIn vitroGranulomatous diseasePathologyCytokineBiology
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- 1991
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- 324
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- 8
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- 509-516
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(1991).
A Controlled Trial of Interferon Gamma to Prevent Infection in Chronic Granulomatous Disease.
New England Journal of Medicine
, 324
(8)
, 509-516.
https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm199102213240801
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- DOI
- 10.1056/nejm199102213240801