Gastric adenocarcinoma in a patient with X-linked agammaglobulinemia and HIV: Case report and review of the literature

• Main Authors: Joud Hajjar (Author), Sana Hasan (Author), Lisa Renee Forbes (Author), Vagish Hemmige (Author), Jordan Scott Orange (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2016-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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X-linked agammaglobulinemia (XLA) is an X-linked inherited disease usually caused by a germline mutation in the BTK gene leading to Bruton's tyrosine kinase deficiency, which results in the impaired development of B-lymphocytes and a subsequent lack of immunoglobulin production. Patients with X...