Ogden Bruton

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Ogden Bruton (1908-2003) was an immunologist who published a description of X-linked agammaglobulinemia in 1952.[1]

The condition is sometimes referenced by his name: "Bruton-type agammaglobulinemia". The gene associated with this defect is also named after him: Btk, abbreviation for Bruton's tyrosine kinase.

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  1. ^ Bruton OC (1952). "Agammaglobulinemia". Pediatrics 9 (6): 722–8. PMID 14929630. 

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