CHRONIC GRANULOMATOUS DISEASE

Chronic Granulomatous Disease

Chronic Granulomatous Disease

Introduction

Chronic granulomatous disease (CGD) is an uncommon, heterogeneous, inherited disorder that sways about 1 in 250,000 individuals. The clinical spectrum of CGD is exceedingly heterogeneous extending from a gentle to a very critical form. The major defect in CGD is a malfunction of neutrophils, monocytes, macrophages, and eosinophils to climb on a respiratory blew, and thus to develop superoxide anions and other reactive oxygen species drawn from from superoxide, for example hydrogen peroxide(Roos 2007).

Aim and Objective

The objective of this study is to set up the incidence and characteristics of CGD in London.

Hypothesis

The distinct ...