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Neuro-ophthalmological consequences of acute influenza A encephalitis in a genetically predisposed child.
BMJ case reports - 14 Sept 2020
Xavier Catarina, Boncquet Vieira Miguel, Ferreira Cristina, Tavares Ferreira Joana
Abstract excerpt
Acute necrotising encephalopathy (ANE) is a rare disease that corresponds to a rapidly progressive encephalopathy induced by a viral infection. It is frequently associated with a mutation on the RAN-binding protein 2 (RANBP2) gene-ANE1. We present a case of a 5-year-old boy with a clinical picture of influenza aggravated to an acute encephalopathy picture after the 3rd day. Complementary examinations came back...
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