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Griscelli disease: genotype-phenotype correlation in an array of clinical heterogeneity.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Jul 2002
Sanal Ozden, Ersoy Fúgen, Tezcan Ilhan, Metin Ayşe, Yel Leman, Ménasché Gaël, Gürgey Aytemiz, Berkel Izzet, de Saint Basile Geneviève
Abstract excerpt
Griscelli disease is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by diffuse pigmentary dilution and occurrence of acute phases of uncontrolled lymphocyte and macrophage activation, so-called "hemophagocytic syndrome" (HS) that leads to death. Recently, two closely linked genes located on human 15q21 region have been found to be responsible for the disease. We present clinical and laboratory findings of 13...
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