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The Challenge of Next Generation Sequencing in a Boy With Severe Mononucleosis and EBV-related Lymphoma.
Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology - 1 Jul 2018
Verzegnassi Federico, Valencic Erica, Kiren Valentina, Giurici Nagua, Bianco Anna Monica, Marcuzzi Annalisa, Vozzi Diego, Tommasini Alberto, Faletra Flavio
Abstract excerpt
A severe course of infectious mononucleosis should always lead up to the suspicion of a primary immunodeficiency. We describe the case of a boy with severe mononucleosis accompanied by the development of hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis and lymphoma. By whole exome sequencing, we identified a mutation of uncertain significance in CTPS2, a gene closely related to CTPS1, which is involved in a primary immune...
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