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Epstein--Barr Virus-Negative Boys With Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma Are Mutated in the Sh2D1A Gene, as Are Patients With X-Linked Lymphoproliferative Disease (XLP)
1 Dec 1999
Abstract excerpt
X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP) is a primary immunodeficiency, which most often manifests itself after Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection. The main clinical phenotypes include fulminant or fatal infectious mononucleosis, dysgammaglobulinaemia and malignant lymphoma. We have recently cloned the SH2D1A gene, which has been shown to be mutated in approximately 70% of XLP patients. Now we report five novel...
