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Autoimmunity Including Intestinal Behçet Disease Bearing the KRAS Mutation in Lymphocytes: A Case Report.
Pediatrics - 1 Mar 2016
Moritake Hiroshi, Takagi Masatoshi, Kinoshita Mariko, Ohara Osamu, Yamamoto Shojiro, Moriguchi Sayaka, Nunoi Hiroyuki
Abstract excerpt
We experienced the case of a 3-year-old male with a very rare combination of autoimmunity, including immune thrombocytopenia, recurrent Henoch-Schönlein purpura and intestinal Behçet disease. Exome sequencing of the patient's peripheral blood mononuclear cells identified a KRAS G13C mutation. Interestingly, the KRAS G13C mutation was observed in T and B lymphocytes, as well as natural killer cells, but not...
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