| Literature DB >> 11865286 |
Yoshiaki Saito1, Kayoko Saito, Yukiko Hirano, Kiyoko Ikeya, Haruko Suzuki, Keiko Shishikura, Sumie Manno, Yuichi Takakuwa, Kiyoshi Nakagawa, Aiko Iwasa, Satoshi Fujikawa, Makoto Moriya, Nobuyuki Mizoguchi, Barbara E Golden, Makiko Osawa.
Abstract
A boy had infantile-onset systemic inflammation, growth failure, hepatosplenomegaly, anemia, leukocytopenia, progressive muscular dystrophy, and hypercalprotectinemia, resulting in marked hyperzincemia. His mother had a history of chronic arthritis since childhood and also showed hypercalprotectinemia/hyperzincemia. We postulate an inherent defect in calprotectin metabolism.Entities:
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Year: 2002 PMID: 11865286 DOI: 10.1067/mpd.2002.121699
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pediatr ISSN: 0022-3476 Impact factor: 4.406