X-linked lymphoproliferative disorder is initiated after an infection with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV). EBV is the causative agent of infectious mononucloeosis, and may produce one or more of the following: signs of activation in lymphocytes and histiocytes and/or progressive hypogammaglobulinemia and/or lymphomas.
Alternative names
Lyp
Lymphoproliferative disease; XLPD; XLP
Immunodeficiency, X-linked progressive combined variable
Duncan disease
Familial fatal Epstein-barr virus infection
EBV susceptibility; EBVS
Susceptibility to infectious mononucleosis
Immunodeficiency 5; IMD5
Purtilo syndrome
X-linked lymphoproliferative syndrome (SH2D1A/SLAM-associated protein (SAP)
Classification
- Other well-defined immunodeficiency syndromes
Inheritance
X-linked