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Primary immunodeficiency and malignancy.

J H Kersey·B D Spector·R A Good
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Evidence indicating an essential relationship between immunologic deviation and cancer has accumulated rapidly over the past 15 years. Following a brief review of the enormous body of literature linking experimental immunodeficiency and cancer, this discussion will center on humans with primary immunodeficiency disorders and the inordinate number of malignancies which develop in these patients.

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AgammaglobulinemiaAnimalsB-LymphocytesCell Transformation, NeoplasticChromosome AberrationsGraft vs Host ReactionHumansImmunologic Deficiency SyndromesLeukemia Virus, MurineLeukemia, LymphoidLymphocyte ActivationLymphocyte Culture Test, MixedLymphocyte DepletionLymphomaMiceNeoplasmsSimian virus 40T-LymphocytesWiskott-Aldrich SyndromeJournal ArticleResearch Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.Review

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J H Kersey, B D Spector, R A Good. 1975. Primary immunodeficiency and malignancy.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/238676/

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