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Griscelli syndrome: a new phenotype with circumscribed pigment loss?
Dermatology online journal - 1 May 2007
Kharkar Vidya, Pande Sushil, Mahajan Sunanda, Dwiwedi Ravishankar, Khopkar Uday
Abstract excerpt
Griscelli syndrome is a rare genetic immunodeficiency disorder characterized by pigment dilution, recurrent cutaneous and pulmonary infections, neurological deterioration, hypogammaglobulinemia, and defective cell-mediated immunity. Mutations of three distinct genes have been described in Griscelli syndrome with different phenotypes. The disease is usually fatal by the first decade of life. We report a...
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