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immunodeficiency 116

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A T cell deficiency that is characterized by the onset of recurrent upper and lower respiratory tract infections in infancy or early childhood and that has_material_basis_in homozygous mutation in the CD8-alpha gene on chromosome 2p12.

Signs and symptoms

  • Absence of CD8+ T cells
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Recurrent bacterial infections
  • Recurrent viral infections
  • Recurrent respiratory infections