Abstract
The report describes a ten year old boy with a form of chronic granulomatous disease characterised by hepatic and tibial granulomatous, hilar and broncopulmonar inflammatory processes, and an absolute defect in PMN-mediated ADCC.
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Bassani, F., Capsoni, F., Lazzarin, A. et al. Chronic granulomatous disease. Pediatr Radiol 11, 105–108 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00971791
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