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El niño plateado: Síndrome de Chediak-Higashi

El Síndrome de Chediak-Higashi (SCH) es una patología de herencia autosómica recesiva debido principalmente a mutaciones del gen regulador del tráfico lisosómico (LYST), causando grados dermatológicamente diferentes de albinismo óculocutáneo, infecciones recurrentes, disfunción fagocítica ...

Clinical aspects and main diagnostic methods of Chediak-Higashi syndrome

Clin. biomed. res; 41 (4), 2021
Chediak-Higashi syndrome is a disorder caused by a mutation in the LYST gene and characterized by immunodeficiency, oculocutaneous albinism, and neurological dysfunction resulting from changes in neutrophils. Homozygotes die in the first decade of life. The study is a literature review from different sou...

Dr. Antonio María Béguez César (1895-1975): fundador y maestro de la Sociedad Cubana de Pediatría de Santiago de Cuba
Dr. Antonio María Béguez César (1895-1975): founder and teacher of the Pediatrics Cuban Society in Santiago de Cuba

Medisan; 24 (2), 2020
Con este artículo se buscó ampliar los datos biográficos del eminente científico cubano Antonio María Béguez César y divulgar aspectos poco conocidos de su prolífica existencia. Para ello se consultaron los archivos personales de la familia Béguez López y el índice de autores y materias del Bo...

Síndrome de Chediak-Higashi em fase acelerada: um relato de caso

A síndrome de Chediak-Higashi (CHS) é um distúrbio genético autossômico recessivo decorrente de uma mutação no gene regulador do transporte lisossomal (LYST ou CHS1). Os sintomas da síndrome são resultado de alterações funcionais de melanócitos, plaquetas, neutrófilos e células natural kill...

A novel frameshift mutation of Chediak-Higashi syndrome and treatment in the accelerated phase

Braz. j. med. biol. res; 50 (4), 2017
Chediak-Higashi syndrome (CHS) is a rare autosomal recessive immunodeficiency disease characterized by frequent infections, hypopigmentation, progressive neurologic deterioration and hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH), known as the accelerated phase. There is little experience in the accelerated ph...