Chediak-Higashi syndrome presenting in the accelerated phase

• Main Authors: Subramani Palaniyandi (Author), Umapathy Pasupathy (Author), Latha Ravichandran (Author), Aruna Rajendran (Author), Febe Renjitha Suman (Author), Sasitharan R Prasad (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: South African Medical Association, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Chediak-Higashi syndrome (CHS) is an extremely rare autosomal recessive disorder characterised by recurrent pyogenic infections, partial oculocutaneous albinism, and mild bleeding. The most reliable finding that helps in diagnosis is abnormally large granules in leukocytes and other granule-containi...