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Clinical and genetic characteristics of XIAP deficiency in Japan.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Jun 2012
Yang Xi, Kanegane Hirokazu, Nishida Naonori, Imamura Toshihiko, Hamamoto Kazuko, Miyashita Ritsuko, Imai Kohsuke, Nonoyama Shigeaki, Sanayama Kazunori, Yamaide Akiko, Kato Fumiyo, Nagai Kozo, Ishii Eiichi, van Zelm Menno C, Latour Sylvain, Zhao Xiao-Dong, Miyawaki Toshio
Abstract excerpt
Deficiency of X-linked inhibitor of apoptosis (XIAP) caused by XIAP/BIRC4 gene mutations is an inherited immune defect recognized as X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome type 2. This disease is mainly observed in patients with hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) often associated with Epstein-Barr virus infection. We described nine Japanese patients from six unrelated families with XIAP deficiency and...
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