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Three Consecutive Cases of Familial Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis, Including a Case Due to Maternal Uniparental Disomy.
Journal of pediatric hematology/oncology - 1 Nov 2020
Sato Hiroko, Kawasaki Naomi, Kawasaki Motoi, Abiko Yu, Meguro Toru, Takahashi Noriyuki, Izumino Hiroko, Kanno Miyako, Numakura Chikahiko, Sasaki Ayako, Imamura Toshihiko, Taki Tomohiko, Mitsui Tetsuo
Abstract excerpt
We have experienced 3 consecutive cases of familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL). All affected infants had mutations in exon 3 of the perforin gene. The first had a homozygous mutation, c.1168C>T (p.R390*), caused by maternal uniparental isodisomy. The second and third had compound heterozygous mutations: c.781G>A (p.E261K) and c.1491T>A (p.C497*); c.1724G>T (p.C242G) and p.R390*, respectively. FHL is...
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