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Exploration of Potential Immunodeficiency Unveils Hennekam Lymphangiectasia-Lymphedema Syndrome

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IM is a senior clinical investigator at the Research Foundation—Flanders (FWO) and is supported by the CSL-Behring Chair of Primary Immunodeficiencies; by a KU Leuven C1 Grant [grant number C16/18/007]; by a VIB GC PID Grant; by the Research Foundation—Flanders (FWO) [grant numbers G0C8517N, G0B5120N, and G0E8420N]; and by the Jeffrey Modell Foundation. This work was supported by ERN-RITA.

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  1. Department of Pediatrics, Leuven University Hospitals, Herestraat 49, 3000, Leuven, Belgium

    Sara Kaut, Giorgia Bucciol & Isabelle Meyts

  2. Laboratory of Inborn Errors of Immunity, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Transplantation, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

    Giorgia Bucciol, Leen Moens & Isabelle Meyts

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SK and IM were the principal investigators and drafted the manuscript; LM performed the genetic and immunological analysis, SK, GB, and IM were involved in the clinical care. All authors revised and corrected the manuscript.

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Correspondence to Isabelle Meyts.

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Kaut, S., Bucciol, G., Moens, L. et al. Exploration of Potential Immunodeficiency Unveils Hennekam Lymphangiectasia-Lymphedema Syndrome. J Clin Immunol 41, 1674–1676 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10875-021-01089-1

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