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Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome

ბოლო მიმოხილვა: 17 Aug 2025
ბოლო განახლება: 10 Jan 2025

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ძირითადი დიაგნოსტიკური ფაქტორები

  • family history of WAS
  • easy bruising and petechiae
სრული ტექსტი

სხვა დიაგნოსტიკური ფაქტორები

  • recurrent infections
  • eczema
  • bruises and petechiae
  • lymphadenopathy
  • perforated tympanic membranes
  • serious bleeding
  • serious/life-threatening infection
  • autoimmunity
სრული ტექსტი

რისკფაქტორები

  • maternal WAS gene mutation carrier
  • male sex
სრული ტექსტი

დიაგნოსტიკური კვლევები

1-ად შესაკვეთი გამოკვლევები

  • CBC with platelet volume
  • WAS protein (WASp) analysis
  • WAS protein (WASp) gene mutation analysis
სრული ტექსტი

გასათვალისწინებელი კვლევები

  • immunoglobulin levels
  • vaccine responses
  • isohemagglutinins
  • lymphocyte subsets
  • T-cell proliferation assays
  • liver function tests
  • polymerase chain reaction analysis for hepatitis C
  • polymerase chain reaction tests for adenovirus, Epstein-Barr virus, and cytomegalovirus
  • store serum and plasma
სრული ტექსტი

მკურნალობის ალგორითმი

მიმდინარე

attenuated WAS

severe, classical WAS

კონტრიბუტორები

ავტორები

Siobhan Burns, MB BAO BCh, MRCPI (Paeds)
Siobhan Burns

Reader and Consultant in Immunology

University College London

Department of Immunology

Royal Free Hospital

London

UK

გაფრთხილება:

SB has received travel expenses for educational conferences from Baxalta US Inc. and CSL Behring. SB has received a consulting fee from CSL Behring for a talk given about the use of subcutaneous immunoglobulin. SB has received grant funding for research into immunoglobulin treatment for primary immunodeficiency from CSL Behring. SB is the author of articles cited in this topic.

Adrian Thrasher, PhD, MD, BS, FRCP, MRCPCH, FMedSci
Adrian Thrasher

Professor of Paediatric Immunology

Molecular Immunology Unit and Centre for Immunodeficiency

Institute of Child Health

University College London

London

UK

გაფრთხილება:

AT has done consultancy work for Orchard Therapeutics and Autolus, and owns stock in both. AT was an expert witness for Ward Hadaway Solicitors for a case of Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome. He is an author of references cited in this topic.

რეცენზენტები

Phil Fischer, MD

Professor of Pediatrics

Mayo Clinic

Rochester

MN

Disclosures

PF declares that he has no competing interests.

Deepak Kamat, MD, PhD

Professor of Pediatrics

Wayne State University

Vice Chair of Education

Director

Institute of Medical Education

The Carman and Ann Adams Department of Pediatrics

Children's Hospital of Michigan

Detroit

MI

Disclosures

DK declares that he has no competing interests.

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Key articles

O'Sullivan E, Kinnon C, Brickell P. Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein, WASP. Int J Biochem Cell Biol. 1999;31:383-387. Abstract

Imai K, Morio T, Zhu Y, et al. Clinical course of patients with WASP gene mutations. Blood. 2004;103:456-464.Full text  Abstract

Burns S, Cory GO, Vainchenker W, et al. Mechanisms of WASp-mediated hematologic and immunologic disease. Blood. 2004;104:3454-3462.Full text  Abstract

Filipovich AH, Stone JV, Tomany SC, et al. Impact of donor type on outcome of bone marrow transplantation for Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome: collaborative study of the International Bone Marrow Transplant Registry and the National Marrow Donor Program. Blood. 2001;97:1598-1603.Full text  Abstract

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