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WHIM syndrome 1

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An immunodeficiency disease that is characterized by neutropenia, hypogammaglobulinemia, and extensive human papillomavirus infection and that has_material_basis_in heterozygous mutation in the CXCR4 gene on chromosome 2q22.

Signs and symptoms

  • Abnormal female external genitalia morphology
  • Decreased circulating immunoglobulin concentration
  • Bronchiectasis
  • Abnormal bone marrow cell morphology
  • Myelokathexis
  • Bone marrow hypercellularity
  • Recurrent bacterial infections
  • Abnormal morphology of female internal genitalia
  • Recurrent upper respiratory tract infections
  • Verrucae

Also known as: WHIMS; warts, hypogammaglobulinemia, infections, and myelokathexis; warts-hypogammaglobulinemia-infections-myelokathexis syndrome