Abstract
A five-year-old boy in the acute phase of X-linked lymphoproliferative (XLP) syndrome (Duncan disease) with high fever and hepatosplenomegaly was treated successfully with high-dose methylprednisolone and VP-16 for 15 months. He had been alive for four years after diagnosis as of this writing. We recommend high-dose methylprednisolone and VP-16 in patients with XLP who have to wait for a suitable donor before bone marrow transplantation.
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Copyright © 1996 The Author(s). This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Gürgey A, Sayli T, Kara A, Kale G, Berkel I. Treatment of X-linked lymphoproliferative disease (Duncan disease) with high-dose methylprednisolone and etoposide (VP-16). Turk J Pediatr 1996; 38: 217-222.
