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A type I interferon signature identifies bilateral striatal necrosis due to mutations in ADAR1.
Journal of medical genetics - 1 Feb 2014
Livingston John H, Lin Jean-Pierre, Dale Russell C, Gill Deepak, Brogan Paul, Munnich Arnold, Kurian Manju A, Gonzalez-Martinez Victoria, De Goede Christian G E L, Falconer Alastair, Forte Gabriella, Jenkinson Emma M, Kasher Paul R, Szynkiewicz Marcin, Rice Gillian I, Crow Yanick J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: We recently observed mutations in ADAR1 to cause a phenotype of bilateral striatal necrosis (BSN) in a child with the type I interferonopathy Aicardi-Goutières syndrome (AGS). We therefore decided to screen patients with apparently non-syndromic BSN for ADAR1 mutations, and for an upr...
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