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Neurological manifestation of immune system dysregulation resulting from CTLA-4 receptor mutation: a case report.
Multiple sclerosis and related disorders - 1 Oct 2020
Kolcava Jan, Litzman Jiri, Bednarik Josef, Stulik Jakub, Stourac Pavel
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This contribution reports the case of a young female patient with a cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) heterozygous missense mutation giving rise to a broad range of autoimmune diseases, including central nervous system inflammation presenting as disseminated intramedullary and infiltrating brain lesions on MRI. Multiple sclerosis was one of the diagnoses considered. CTLA-4 is a negative immune regulator...
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