X-linked thrombocytopenia in a girl

Br J Haematol. 2002 Sep;118(4):1163-5. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2141.2002.03740.x.

Abstract

We report X-linked thrombocytopenia (XLT) in a 6-year-old girl with petechiae and thrombocytopenia from the age of 3 months. Her 2-year-old brother was also diagnosed with XLT. The Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASP) gene was detected as a replacement of +5th G to Aon intron 6 using sequence analysis, and the WASP expression levels in this patient were one-third those of a healthy control. The X-inactivation analysis of the patients lymphocytes showed a random pattern of X-chromosome inactivation. To our knowledge, this is the first confirmed report of XLT in a female.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Dosage Compensation, Genetic
  • Female
  • Genetic Diseases, X-Linked / genetics*
  • Genetic Diseases, X-Linked / immunology
  • Humans
  • Lymphocytes / physiology
  • Male
  • Proteins / genetics*
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA
  • Thrombocytopenia / genetics*
  • Thrombocytopenia / immunology
  • Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein

Substances

  • Proteins
  • WAS protein, human
  • Wiskott-Aldrich Syndrome Protein