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brancher enzyme deficiency: an autosomal recessive disorder caused by a defect in the glycogen branching enzyme 1,4-α-glucan branching enzyme; the most severe abnormalities are in the liver, with hepatosplenomegaly, early cirrhosis with portal hypertension, liver failure, and death in childhood. Neuromuscular abnormalities are also present.
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| type IV h. |
that initiated by antigen-specific T lymphocytes; unlike forms of hypersensitivity mediated by antibodies, it takes one or more days to develop and can be transferred by lymphocytes but not by serum. The term is often equated with delayed hypersensitivity , although the latter is sometimes restricted to hypersensitivity involving cytokine-mediated reactions (as contrasted with direct cytolysis). See type IV hypersensitivity reaction, under hypersensitivity reaction, at reaction. Called also cell- or T cellmediated h.
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