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Wed 10 Nov, 2010 10:47 pm
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This syndrome of thymoma with B-cell depletion and immu-
nodeficiency is sometimes included with the immunodeficiency
diseases [29], but there is no evidence that this syndrome depends
primarily on a gene mutation in lymphopoietic cell lineages.
depends primarily on = is caused primarily by ?
Maybe
The mutation my only provide the environment or framework to allow the syndrome to flourish. The cause may be something different.
The environment or framework may be present but the syndrome is not active or a problem until the cause is also present.
Why are we TALKING about a previously concieved concept? Language is language. How could it possibly matter? What's the prelevance here....
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