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Idiopathic CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia in a boy with Down syndrome. Report of a patient and a review of the literature

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This study was supported in part by the Mami Mizutani Foundation.

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  1. Department of Paediatrics, Kansai Medical University, Fumizonocho 10-15, Moriguchi, 570-8506, Osaka, Japan

    Satoko Tanaka, Masayuki Teraguchi, Masafumi Hasui, Shoichiro Taniuchi, Yumiko Ikemoto & Yohnosuke Kobayashi

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Tanaka, S., Teraguchi, M., Hasui, M. et al. Idiopathic CD4+ T-lymphocytopenia in a boy with Down syndrome. Report of a patient and a review of the literature. Eur J Pediatr 163, 122–123 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00431-003-1375-8

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