Bare lymphocyte syndrome
Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome: A hereditary immunodeficiency disorder caused by the absence of major histocompatibility complex class II expression. Signs include upper and lower respiratory tract bacterial infections, malabsorption, diarrhea, and mucocutaneous candidiasis.
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Symptoms of Bare lymphocyte syndrome
Symptoms: The Human Phenotype Ontology (HPO) provides the following list of features that have been reported in people with this condition. Much of the information in the HPO comes from Orphanet, a European rare disease database. Signs and Symptoms
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Types of Bare lymphocyte syndrome
Some types of this condition may include:2 Types of Bare Lymphocyte Syndrome:
- MHC class I deficiency
- MHC class II deficiency
Names and Terminology
Other Names: BLS type 1; HLA class 1 deficiency
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References
- Source: NCI Thesaurus
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- Source: GARD (NIH): rarediseases.info.nih.gov/ diseases/ 8427/ bare-lymphocyte-syndrome
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