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Recurrent Demyelinating Episodes as Sole Manifestation of Inherited CD59 Deficiency.
Neuropediatrics - 1 Jun 2020
Solmaz Ismail, Aytekin Elif Soyak, Çağdaş Deniz, Tan Cagman, Tezcan Ilhan, Gocmen Rahsan, Haliloglu Goknur, Anlar Banu
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Defects in the regulatory components of the complement system can lead to inflammatory diseases. We present a patient who had four episodes of demyelination in the central nervous system as the only manifestation of inherited CD59 deficiency. Relapsing encephalopathy partially responsive to intravenous immunoglobulin and steroid treatments on the background of parental consanguinity suggested an inherited immune...
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