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Systemic Inflammation and Myelofibrosis in a Patient with Takenouchi-Kosaki Syndrome due to CDC42 Tyr64Cys Mutation

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Acknowledgments

We thank the parents for their trust and the patient for teaching us joy and gratitude. We thank the entire team of clinicians, physiotherapists, and other care providers. Special thanks are given to Kris De Boeck and Myriam Vreys.

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GB is supported by the Research Foundation - Flanders (project G0C8517N). RS is supported by a senior clinical investigator fund of the Research Foundation - Flanders. Research performed in the Tangye/Ma lab is supported by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, and the Office of Health and Medical Research of the New South Wales Government. IM is supported by the Jeffrey Modell Foundation, by the Research Foundation - Flanders (project G0C8517N), and by the CSL Behring Chair in Primary Immunodeficiency in Children. IM and RS are supported by the VIB Grand Challenge Project Primary Immunodeficiencies.

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Bucciol, G., Pillay, B., Casas-Martin, J. et al. Systemic Inflammation and Myelofibrosis in a Patient with Takenouchi-Kosaki Syndrome due to CDC42 Tyr64Cys Mutation. J Clin Immunol 40, 567–570 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10875-020-00742-5

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