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The value of DNA storage and pedigree analysis in rare diseases: a 17-year-old boy with X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP) caused by a de novo SH2D1A mutation.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Dec 2014
Overwater E, Smulders Y, van der Burg M, Lombardi M P, Meijers-Heijboer H E, Kuijpers T W, Houweling A C
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: We present a case of a fatal Epstein-Barr infection in a 17-year-old male patient suspected to be caused by X-linked lymphoproliferative disease. At the time of hospitalization, DNA diagnostics was not available. The suspected diagnosis was confirmed several years later when a SH2D1A missense mutation was identified in stored patient DNA. Extended pedigree analysis showed that this mutation occurred...
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