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Aicardi-Goutières syndrome and systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in a 12-year-old boy with SAMHD1 mutations.
Journal of child neurology - 1 Nov 2011
Ramantani Georgia, Häusler Martin, Niggemann Pascal, Wessling Britta, Guttmann Hedwig, Mull Michael, Tenbrock Klaus, Lee-Kirsch Min Ae
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Aicardi-Goutières syndrome is an early-onset encephalopathy with a presumed immune pathogenesis caused by inherited defects in nucleic acid metabolism. The clinical picture resembles a congenital viral infection despite negative investigations for common viruses. In addition to leukoencephalopathy with calcifications of basal ganglia, patients show increased levels of the antiviral cytokine interferon-α in...
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