Article
The interplay of infection and genetics in acute necrotizing encephalopathy
7 Oct 2010
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) presents with fulminant encephalopathy and characteristic brain lesions following viral infection. The rarity and unpredictability of the disorder have significantly impaired its study. Growing recognition of ANE and the discovery of causative missense mutations in the nuclear pore gene RANBP2 give promising steps toward unraveling this disease. This...
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