Taber's Medical Dictionary
Chédiak-Higashi syndrome
(shē′dē-ăk-hē-gă′shē)
[M. Chédiak and O. Higashi, contemporary French and Japanese physicians, respectively]
A lethal metabolic disorder, inherited as an autosomal recessive trait, in which neutrophils contain peroxidase-positive inclusion bodies. Partial albinism, photophobia, and pale optic fundi are clinical features. Children usually die by 5 to 10 years of age of a lymphoma-like disease.
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Venes, Donald, editor. "Chédiak-Higashi Syndrome." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 24th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2021. Nursing Central, nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/766389/all/Chédiak_Higashi_syndrome.
Chédiak-Higashi syndrome. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/766389/all/Chédiak_Higashi_syndrome. Accessed April 1, 2023.
Chédiak-Higashi syndrome. (2021). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (24th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/766389/all/Chédiak_Higashi_syndrome
Chédiak-Higashi Syndrome [Internet]. In: Venes DD, editors. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2021. [cited 2023 April 01]. Available from: https://nursing.unboundmedicine.com/nursingcentral/view/Tabers-Dictionary/766389/all/Chédiak_Higashi_syndrome.
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