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Familial acute necrotizing encephalopathy due to mutation in the RANBP2 gene.
Journal of the neurological sciences - 15 Oct 2014
Denier Christian, Balu Laurent, Husson Béatrice, Nasser Ghaidaa, Burglen Lydie, Rodriguez Diana, Labauge Pierre, Chevret Laurent
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) is a rare and severe parainfectious central nervous system disease in which previously healthy children develop rapidly progressive coma following viral illness. While most ANE are sporadic, familial autosomal dominant ANE due to mutations in the RANBP2 gene has been recently reported (ANE1 or infection-induced acute encephalopathy-3 (IIAE3)). To date, only few...
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