Genetic infantile agranulocytosis
| Genetic infantile agranulocytosis | |
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| Term | Genetic infantile agranulocytosis |
| Short definition | genetic heterogeneity (jeh-NEH-tik HEH-teh-roh-jeh-NEE-ih-tee) A term used to describe when different gene mutations (changes) cause the same disease or condition . Genetic heterogeneity occurs when a single gene has different mutations (allelic heterogeneity) or when mutations are present in different genes (locus heterogeneity), and both cause the same disease or condition. |
| Type | Cancer terms |
| Specialty | Oncology |
| Language | English |
| Source | NCI |
| Comments | |
genetic infantile agranulocytosis - (pronounced) (jeh-NEH-tik IN-fun-TILE ay-GRAN-yoo-loh-sy-TOH-sis) An inherited disorder in which the number of neutrophils (a type of white blood cell that is important in fighting infection) is below normal. Infants with this condition get infections caused by bacteria and are at increased risk of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or myelodysplasia (a bone marrow disease). Also called congenital neutropenia, infantile genetic agranulocytosis, Kostmann disease, Kostmann neutropenia and Kostmann syndrome
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