Lymphoproliferative syndrome 1: What Patients Should Know

By Dr. Rebecca Lin, DO · 2023-04-27 · Immunology and Allergy

Our Immunology and Allergy team put together this overview of lymphoproliferative syndrome 1 for patients and families.

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Topic: lymphoproliferative syndrome 1. A lymphoproliferative syndrome characterized by autosomal recessive inheritance, early childhood onset of Epstein-Barr virus-associated immune dysregulation typically manifesting as lymphoma, lymphomatoid granulomatosis, hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis, Hodgkin disease, and-or hypogammaglobulinemia and that has_material_basis_in homozygous mutation in the ITK gene on chromosome 5q32.

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