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Evaluation of families wherein a single male manifests a phenotype of X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP).
American journal of medical genetics - 15 Sept 1993
Grierson H L, Skare J, Church J, Silberman T, Davis J R, Kobrinsky N, McGregor R, Israels S, McCarty J, Andrews L G
Abstract excerpt
The Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-induced diseases of males with X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (XLP) include fatal infectious mononucleosis (IM), non-Hodgkin lymphoma (ML), agammaglobulinemia, and aplastic anemia. These phenotypes also occur as sporadic cases in families, and EBV seronegative males in these families must be considered at risk for XLP until they seroconvert normally to EBV. Given that 50% of...
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