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Hydrops fetalis and early neonatal multiple organ failure in familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis.
European journal of medical genetics - 1 Jan 2000
Vermeulen Marijn J, de Haas Valerie, Mulder Margot F, Flohil Claudie, Fetter Willem P F, van de Kamp Jiddeke M
Abstract excerpt
Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHLH) is a genetic heterogeneous autosomal recessive disorder. We report two siblings with FHLH caused by a PRF1 mutation. The first child died in utero with hydrops fetalis and the second presented soon after birth with fatal multiple organ failure. Post-mortem DNA analysis showed a homozygous c.666C>A (p.His222Gln) mutation in the PRF1 gene in both cases, with their...
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