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. 2014 Nov 10:4:307.
doi: 10.3389/fonc.2014.00307. eCollection 2014.

Good syndrome, bad problem

Bianca Martinez  1 , Sarah K Browne  1
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Good syndrome, bad problem

Bianca Martinez et al. Front Oncol. .
No abstract available

Keywords: adult-onset immunodeficiency; anti-cytokine autoantibodies; opportunistic infection; thymic neoplasia; thymoma.

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  • A commentary on Three difficult cases: the challenge of autoimmunity, immunodeficiency and recurrent infections in patients with Good’s syndrome by Arnold SJ, Hodgson T, Misbah SA, Patel SY, Cooper SM, Venning VA. Br J Dermatol (2014). doi:10.1111/bjd.13293

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