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WRAL News
story on Forest
"Imagine you've just had a baby only to have doctors tell you there's a 70%
chance he or she will die."
Pediatric
Database - Omenn Disease
"An immunodeficiency disorder of both T- and B-cells characterized by recurrent
infections, typical skin eruptions, and eosinophilia. "
The Who
Report on Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
INTRODUCTION - The first barriers to infection are the skin and mucous membranes, and the
substances they secrete.
SCID Homepage
SCID is a primary immune deficiency. The defining characteristic is usually a severe
defect in both the T- & B-lymphocyte systems.
Primary Immune
Deficiency Webring
The PID Webring is designed to help those looking for information on any of the Primary
Immune Deficiencies find relevant web sites.
Children's Organ Transplant
Association
COTA's primary mission is to ensure that no U.S. citizen is ever denied a life-saving
transplant or access to a transplant waiting list, due solely to the lack of funds. Our
secondary focus is to promote organ donations and to provide public education on all
aspects of the organ donation process.
The First Family Pledge
Transplantation of organs and tissue has become one of the most remarkable success stories
in medicine, now giving tens of thousands of desperately ill Americans each year a new
chance at life — and returning them to the love of their families.
First
Family Pledge Congress, April 14th
More than 200 transplant kids from all 50 states, ranging in age from 2 to 9, will be
flying into Washington on April 14th for the First Family Pledge Congress on Organ and
Tissue Donation, where they will publicly thank Members of Congress from their state for
demonstrating leadership in supporting the First Family Pledge organ and tissue donation
initiative.
The Kentucky Page
Forest Madden, 4 Richmond, KY
American Society of Transplant Surgeons - News and Media A four-year-old Richmond boy, who is alive today because of a bone transplant, wants to thank Members of Congress committed to supporting organ and tissue donation.
OMIM # 603554
RETICULOENDOTHELIOSIS, FAMILIAL, WITH EOSINOPHILIA
SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY WITH HYPEREOSINOPHILIA
OMIM # 179615
RECOMBINATION ACTIVATING GENE 1; RAG1
OMIM # 179616
RECOMBINATION ACTIVATING GENE 2; RAG2
PubMed
- Partial V(D)J recombination activity leads to Omenn syndrome
Genomic rearrangement of the antigen receptor loci is initiated by the two
lymphoid-specific proteins Rag-1 and Rag-2.
Human
Genome and Multifactor Deseases Primary Immunodeficiency Unit
by Dr. Anna Villa