****LYMPHATIECTASIA****

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M. McDermott wrote:
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> If you have any information regarding this malady, it is desperately
> needed.  A friends baby is suffering from this and they are desperate
> for information re: treatments, research, names of doctors involved in
> research etc..... If you have access to this information please help
> me..Can you post and/or email any info to Scubadyver at aol.com  Thank you

The correct spelling of the syndrome is LYMPHANGIECTASIA. Here are some
references to papers related in one way or another to it.  They are
probably too technical, unless you are a physician, but your physician
may find them informative. 



    Cormier-Dair, 1995 
     Craniosynostosis and kidney malformation in a case of Hennekam
syndrome. 
     Am J Med Genet 57, 66-68 (1995) [95373549]
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    Kolbjornsen, 1994 
     Gastropathies in the Lundehund. I. Gastritis and gastric neoplasia
associated with
     intestinal lymphangiectasia. 
     APMIS 102, 647-61 (1994) [95033130]
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    Bock, 1993 
     Characterization of a new IL-6-dependent human B-lymphoma cell line
in long term
     culture. 
     Cytokine 5, 480-9 (1993) [94191165]
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    Fryns, 1993 
     46,XY/46,XX mosaicism and congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis
with chylothorax
     [letter] 
     Am J Med Genet 47, 934-5 (1993) [94106548]
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    Moerman, 1993 
     Congenital pulmonary lymphangiectasis with chylothorax: a
heterogeneous lymphatic
     vessel abnormality. 
     Am J Med Genet 47, 54-8 (1993) [93377717]
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    Gabrielli, 1991 
     Intestinal lymphangiectasia, lymphedema, mental retardation, and
typical face:
     confirmation of the Hennekam syndrome. 
     Am J Med Genet 40, 244-7 (1991) [91377816]
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    Fossum, 1991 
     Chylothorax in cats: 37 cases (1969-1989). 
     J Am Vet Med Assoc 198, 672-8 (1991) [91210120]
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    Nelson, 1991 
     The immunodeficient scid mouse as a model for human lymphatic
filariasis. 
     J Exp Med 173, 659-63 (1991) [91147894]
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    Hennekam, 1989 
     Autosomal recessive intestinal lymphangiectasia and lymphedema,
with facial anomalies
     and mental retardation. 
     Am J Med Genet 34, 593-600 (1989) [90164642]
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    Voorhoof, 1979 
     An immature stillbirth with lymphangiectasis and gonadal agenesis. 
     Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol 9, 317-20 (1979) [87134613]
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    Mucke, 1986 
     Early onset lymphoedema, recessive form--a new form of genetic
lymphoedema
     syndrome. 
     Eur J Pediatr 145, 195-8 (1986) [87030375]
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    Pierce, 1986 
     Natural cytotoxicity in immunodeficiency diseases: preservation of
natural killer activity
     and the in vivo appearance of radioresistant killing. 
     Hum Immunol 15, 85-96 (1986) [86139334]
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    White, 1979 
     Cytogenetic studies of a male with sporadic intestinal
lymphangiectasia: 45,X/46,XY
     mosaicism with pseudo- and hyperdiploid subpopulations in cultured
tissues. 
     Am J Med Genet 3, 341-52 (1979) [79253138]
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    Waldmann, 1972 
     Immunoglobulin E in immunologic deficiency diseases. II. Serum IgE
concentration of
     patients with acquired hypogammaglobulinemia, thymoma and
hypogammaglobulinemia,
     myotonic dystrophy, intestinal lymphangiectasia and Wiskott-Aldrich
syndrome. 
     J Immunol 109, 304-10 (1972) [72242458]
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    Weiden, 1972 
     Impaired lymphocyte transformation in intestinal lymphangiectasia:
evidence for at least
     two functionally distinct lymphocyte populations in man. 
     J Clin Invest 51, 1319-25 (1972) [72178474]
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    Macotela-Rui, 1969 
     [Probable liaison between loci of genes causing 2 recessive
autosomic diseases:
     dystrophic bullous epidermolysis and mesenteric lymphangiectasia.
Apropos of a case] 
     Bull Soc Fr Dermatol Syphiligr 76, 771-3 (1969) [70200986]
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    Strober, 1967 
     Intestinal lymphangiectasia: a protein-losing enteropathy with
hypogammaglobulinemia,
     lymphocytopenia and impaired homograft rejection. 
     J Clin Invest 46, 1643-56 (1967) [68055487]
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