A 2-Year-Old Child Known to Suffer from Recurrent Bacterial Infections

question 1

Multiple Choice

A 2-year-old child known to suffer from recurrent bacterial infections and poor wound healing was found to have leukocyte adhesion molecule deficiency 1 (LAD-1) . The leukocytes of this patient do not express CD18, a molecule classified as belonging to the family of

• A) selectins
• B) integrins
• C) lectin type of vascular adhesion molecules
• D) aminotransferases
• E) glycosidases

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