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Identification of new Fas mutations in a patient with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) and eosinophilia.
Blood cells, molecules & diseases - 1 Jan 2000
Aspinall A I, Pinto A, Auer I A, Bridges P, Luider J, Dimnik L, Patel K D, Jorgenson K, Woodman R C
Abstract excerpt
Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) is a rare, newly recognized, chronic lymphoproliferative disorder in children and is characterized by lymphadenopathy, splenomegaly, pancytopenia, autoimmune phenomena and expansion of double-negative (DN) T lymphocytes (TCR alpha beta+, CD4-, CD8-). Defective lymphocyte apoptosis caused by mutations of the Fas (CD95) gene has been linked in the pathogenesis of ALPS,...
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