The Accelerated Phase of Chediak-Higashi Syndrome: The Importance of Hematological Evaluation
Journal Title: Turkish Journal of Hematology - Year 2013, Vol 30, Issue 1
Abstract
Chediak-Higashi syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disease that was first described in 1943 by Bequez-Cesar in 3 siblings that bore the primary clinical features. In 1952 Chediak (a Cuban hematologist) and in 1954 Higashi (a Japanese pediatrician) described a series of cases characterized by misdistribution of myeloperoxidase in the patients’ neutrophilic granules [1,2].
Authors and Affiliations
Shreekant Bharti, Prateek Bhatia, Deepak Bansal, Neelam Varma
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- DOI 10.4274/tjh.2012.0027
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