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Does wiskott-aldrich syndrome affect women very often?
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No: Given that it's a x-linked recessive condition it affects men ...Women will be carriers.
Answered 10/3/2016
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Very rarely: While it is an x-linked condition and the vast majority of females who have one mutated copy of the was gene are unaffected carriers, there are case reports of women having a mild form of the disease due to non-random x-inactivation.
Answered 4/11/2013
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