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X-linked lymphoproliferative disease is caused by deficiency of a novel SH2 domain-containing signal transduction adaptor protein.
Immunological reviews - 1 Dec 2000
Schuster V, Kreth H W
Abstract excerpt
X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP) is an inherited immunodeficiency, involving primarily T and natural killer (NK) cells, which in the majority of cases exacerbates following exposure to Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). Prior to EBV infection, most boys with the defective XLP gene appear to be clinically healthy EBV infection in males with the defective XLP gene leads to three main phenotypes: severe and mostly...
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