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Autoimmune Lymphoproliferative Syndrome (ALPS)

Clinical Features of ALPS

Some signs of ALPS are ones that people can feel or see, and some of them can be detected only by laboratory tests. Not all people with ALPS will have all of its possible symptoms. Some people have only a few. Some things that are seen most often in people with ALPS include:

. We first began to study these problems in 1990, when we saw a child who had immune system symptoms that did not fit any previously known disorders. Since then, dozens of other children and adults with similar problems have been identified and followed.

In 1995, we gave this newly identified condition a name - ALPS. By August 1999, we diagnosed ALPS in 58 individuals from 35 families. These families come from all over the country and are of many different racial backgrounds.

We hope that this brochure will help answer some of your questions about ALPS. Share it with your family, physicians, members of your community, and your children's teachers so that they can understand ALPS better, too.

ALPS-WHAT IS IT?

ALPS is a rare disease that affects both children and adults. ALPS stands for Autoimmune LymphoProliferative (lim-fo-pro-lif'-er-a-tive) Syndrome. Each of these three words helps describe the main features of this condition. The word autoimmune (self-immune) identifies ALPS as a disease of the immune system. The tools used to fight germs turn against our own cells and cause problems. The word lymphoproliferative describes the unusually large numbers of white blood cells (called lymphocytes (lim'-fo-sites)) stored in the lymph nodes and spleens of people with ALPS. The word syndrome refers to the many common symptoms shared by ALPS patients.

WHAT WE'VE FOUND OUT SO FAR AT THE NIH

At this time we are still learning about ALPS. Based on our experience, we believe the following to be true:

Types of Autoimmune Problems

Common autoimmune problems in ALPS include:

A BRIEF INTRODUCTION TO IMMUNOLOGY

You may wonder what is the connection between ALPS and the immune system. It is the immune system that defends our bodies against germs. Two major components of the immune system are the spleen and white blood cells. The spleen a fist-sized organ found to the left of your stomach, has a job of filtering the blood, by cleaning out dead blood cells that aren't needed any more. The blood contains many types of cells:

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