Chédiak-Higashi syndrome: a case report on an African infant.

dc.contributor.author	Nantulya FN.
dc.contributor.author	Kitonyi Grace W.
dc.contributor.author	Kituuka PN.
dc.contributor.author	Owade J.
dc.date.accessioned	2013-02-27T12:36:58Z
dc.date.issued	1990-09
dc.identifier.citation	East African Medical Journal Vol. 67 No.9 September 1990	en
dc.identifier.uri	http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/12091
dc.identifier.uri	http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2253577
dc.description.abstract	An African Kenyan female infant was born with very light skin and ashen grey, scanty hair. At 18 months she presented with a bluish skin pigmentation, hepatosplenomegaly, generalised lymphadenopathy and non-responsive fever. A bone marrow aspirate and peripheral blood examination done revealed characteri¬stic features of the Chediak-Higashi Syndrome. This is a rare disorder, to our knowledge not previously described in Africans. The case is presented with a brief review of the literature	en
dc.language.iso	en	en
dc.title	Chédiak-Higashi syndrome: a case report on an African infant.	en
dc.title.alternative	A case report on an african infant	en
dc.type	Article	en