Clinical, immunological, and genetic features in 780 patients with autoimmune lymphoproliferative syndrome (ALPS) and ALPS-like diseases: A systematic review.
Nasim HafeziMajid Zaki-DizajiMatineh NiroueiGelayol AsadiNiusha SharifinejadMahnaz JameeSeyed Erfan RasouliHaleh HamedifarAraz SabzevariZahra ChavoshzadehReza YazdaniHassan AbolhassaniAsghar AghamohammadiGholamreza AziziPublished in: Pediatric allergy and immunology : official publication of the European Society of Pediatric Allergy and Immunology (2021)
Our results showed that the FAS gene with 85% frequency is the main etiological cause of genetically diagnosed patients with ALPS phenotype; therefore, the genetic defect of the majority of suspected ALPS patients could be confirmed by mutation analysis of FAS gene.