Methods of detection of new families with X-linked lymphoproliferative disease.

doi:10.1016/0165-4608(91)90127-g

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Methods of detection of new families with X-linked lymphoproliferative disease.

Cancer genetics and cytogenetics - 1 Feb 1991

Purtilo D T, Grierson H L

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During the past decade, 240 males with X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP) within 59 unrelated kindreds have been identified worldwide. One half of the patients have developed fatal infections mononucleosis, about one third have acquired hypogammaglobulinemia, and another one fourth have d...

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Child
Child, Preschool
Chromosome Mapping
Herpesvirus 4, Human
Humans
Hypergammaglobulinemia
Infant
Infectious Mononucleosis
Lymphoma
Lymphoproliferative Disorders
Male
Phenotype
Sex Chromosome Aberrations
X Chromosome

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