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Abstract
A rare, X-linked immunodeficiency syndrome characterized by ECZEMA; LYMPHOPENIA; and, recurrent pyogenic infection. It is seen exclusively in young boys. Typically, IMMUNOGLOBULIN M levels are low and IMMUNOGLOBULIN A and IMMUNOGLOBULIN E levels are elevated. Lymphoreticular malignancies are common.
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- Aldrich Syndrome
- Eczema-Thrombocytopenia-Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Imd2
- Immunodeficiency 2
- Wiskott Syndrome
- Eczema Thrombocytopenia Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Eczema-Thrombocytopenia-Immunodeficiency Syndromes
- Immunodeficiency 2s
- Wiskott Aldrich Syndrome
- Wiskott Syndromes
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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.
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85; was ALDRICH SYNDROME 1963-84
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D014923. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D014923
- Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiskott%E2%80%93Aldrich_syndrome
- Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q953638