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Cree encephalitis is allelic with Aicardi-Goutiéres syndrome: implications for the pathogenesis of disorders of interferon alpha metabolism.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Mar 2003
Crow Y J, Black D N, Ali M, Bond J, Jackson A P, Lefson M, Michaud J, Roberts E, Stephenson J B P, Woods C G, Lebon P
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Aicardi-Goutiéres syndrome (AGS) is an early onset, progressive encephalopathy characterised by calcification of the basal ganglia, white matter abnormalities, and a chronic cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) lymphocytosis. Cree encephalitis shows phenotypic overlap with AGS although the conditions have been considered distinct because of immunological abnormalities observed in Cree encephalitis. We report that levels of...
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