A 3-year-old child presents with recurrent pneumonia, eczema & thrombocytopenia. Which protein synthesis is abnormal in this child?
Correct Answer: Wasp
Description: a. Wasp(Ref: Nelson's 20/e p 1027)Recurrent infections, eczema & thrombocytopenia in a child suggest a diagnosis of Wiskott Aldrich syndrome; In this X-linked recessive syndrome, WASP gene & its product are defective
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