Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome: meticulous care for diagnosis.
Autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) is a prototypic disorder of abnormal lymphocyte homeostasis. In the September 2005 issue of The Iranian Journal of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology, a patient with clinical features consistent with ALPS was described. Although the clinical presentation was in favor of ALPS, a precise diagnosis needed more laboratory evaluations.
Parvaneh
Nima
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Children's Medical Center, Department of Pediatrics, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran. nparvaneh@razi.tums.ac.ir.
Yeganeh
Mehdi
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Aghamohammadi
Asghar
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