Publications by authors named "Laurence Eitenschenck"

Chronic granulomatous disease is an inherited disorder in which phagocytes lack a functional NADPH oxidase and cannot produce superoxide anions. The most common form is caused by mutations in CYBB encoding gp91phox. We investigated 24 CGD patients and their families.

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Juvenile xanthogranuloma was diagnosed in two infants aged 8 and 2 months with skin lesions, hepatosplenomegaly, and pancytopenia. Disease control was not achieved with first-line vinblastine-steroid-VP16 combination therapy. Two courses of 2-chlorodeoxyadenosine (2CDA) (0.

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