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A Case of Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome with Novel Mutation in Exon 2 of the WASP Gene
Hyuk Lee, Jung In Park, Sun Young Kim,, Kyeung Hee Moon, Ho Keun Yi, Pyoung Han Hwang
Clin Exp Pediatr. 2005;48(5):551-556.   Published online May 15, 2005
Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome(WAS) is an X-linked recessive immunodeficiency characterized by thrombocytopenia with small platelet volume, eczema, and recurrent infections, and is also characterized by increased incidence of auto immune diseases and malignancies. The phenotype observed in this syndrome is caused by mutation in the Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein(WASP) gene localized to the proximal short arm of the X chromosome and recently isolated...