Wiskott–Aldrich syndrome (WAS) is a rare X-linked recessive disease characterized by eczema thrombocytopenia (low platelet count) immune deficiency and bloody diarrhea (secondary to the thrombocytopenia). It is also sometimes called the eczema-thrombocytopenia-immunodeficiency syndrome in keeping with Aldrich’s original description in 1954.
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