Chédiak-Higashi syndrome (CHS) is a rare and potentially fatal autosomal recessive disorder. A congenital immunodeficiency, CHS is characterized by frequent bacterial infections, easy bruising, ...
A video taken by Evan Brodsky of the Monterrey Bay Whale Watch shows the white orca swimming with its mom and peers on Nov. 24. The orca's pale complexion may be due to leucism or Chediak-Higashi ...
Chédiak–Higashi syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive disorder, primarily affecting neutrophils, and is often lethal by the third decade of life. Bone marrow transplantation is the only curative ...
The serum muramidase activities of four granulocytopenic patients with the Chediak—Higashi syndrome were always strikingly elevated, indicating a markedly increased rate of granulocyte turnover. Two ...
On World Rare Disease Day, Apollo Hospital Navi Mumbai highlighted a rare medical success story, treating a four-year-old girl from Mauritius diagnosed with Chediak-Higashi Syndrome (CHS), a condition ...
The International and American Associations for Dental Research (IADR/AADR) have published an article titled "Periodontitis in Chédiak-Higashi Syndrome: An Altered Immunoinflammatory Response" in the ...
The synthesis and degradation of sphingolipids by mixed peripheral leukocytes from four patients with the Chediak—Higashi syndrome were studied in vitro. Incorporation of glucose uniformly labeled ...
COLUMBIA, Mo. - Humans and animals are made up of trillions of cells, and each cell contains DNA specific to that individual. Therefore, identifying DNA that causes genetic disorders gives researchers ...
Whale watchers off the coast of California were treated to an incredible sight last weekend when a "super rare" white orca made an appearance near their boat. Boaters on a trip out of Monterey Bay, ...