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immunodeficiency 9

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A T cell deficiency characterized by early onset of recurrent infections due to defective T-cell activation, ectodermal dysplasia, and congenital myopathy that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the ORAI1 gene, which encodes

A T cell deficiency characterized by early onset of recurrent infections due to defective T-cell activation, ectodermal dysplasia, and congenital myopathy that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in the ORAI1 gene, which encodes a subunit of the plasma membrane calcium channel CRAC, on chromosome 12q24.31.

Signs and symptoms

  • Hypotonia
  • Ectodermal dysplasia
  • Recurrent infections
  • Failure to thrive
  • Heat intolerance
  • Myopathy
  • Gowers sign
  • Hypoplasia of the thymus
  • Proximal muscle weakness
  • Gait disturbance

Also known as: CID due to ORAI1 deficiency; IMD9; combined immunodeficiency due to ORAI1 deficiency; immune dysfunction with T-cell inactivation due to calcium entry defect 1