Mutation spectrum in children with prima
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Udo Zur Stadt; Karin Beutel; Susanne Kolberg; Reinhard Schneppenheim; Hartmut Ka
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Article
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2005
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (FHL) is an autosomal-recessive disease that affects young children. It presents as a severe hyperinflammatory syndrome with activated macrophages and T lymphocytes. Mutations in the perforin 1 gene (PRF1) were found in FHL-2 in 15-50% of all cases. Defect