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...count (thrombocytopenia) and a tendency to develop [[hematoma|hematomas]] and [[bleeding]]. ...ia" is a combination of the Greek words "thrombos" (clot), "kytos" (cell), and "penia" (deficiency), indicating a deficiency of clotting cells, or platele

'''X-linked agammaglobulinemia''' ('''XLA''') is a rare genetic disorder discovered by Ogden Bruton in 195 X-linked agammaglobulinemia is pronounced as eks-linkt a-gamma-glob-u-lin-e-mia.

== Agammaglobulinemia == ...[[immune system]] disorder that is characterized by a lack of [[B cells]] and, consequently, an absence or extremely low levels of [[antibodies]] in the

...ere [[X-linked recessive disease]] that affects both the [[immune system]] and the ability of the blood to clot. ...ed Wiskott, a German pediatrician who first noticed the condition in 1937, and Dr. Robert Aldrich, an American pediatrician who described the disease in a

...from the Latin words 'primus' meaning 'first', 'immunis' meaning 'exempt', and 'deficientia' meaning 'deficiency'. It refers to the immune system's inhere * [[X-linked Agammaglobulinemia]] (XLA)