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Analysis of a series of Italian APECED patients with autoimmune hepatitis and gastro-enteropathies.
Frontiers in immunology - 1 Jan 2023
Paldino Giorgia, Faienza Maria Felicia, Cappa Marco, Pietrobattista Andrea, Capalbo Donatella, Valenzise Mariella, Lampasona Vito, Cudini Annamaria, Carbone Elena, Pagliarosi Olivia, Maggiore Giuseppe, Salerno Mariacarolina, Betterle Corrado, Fierabracci Alessandra
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Introduction: Autoimmune polyendocrinopathy-candidiasis-ectodermal dystrophy (APECED) syndrome is a rare monogenic disease determined by biallelic mutations in AIRE gene, which encodes a transcription factor essential for central immune tolerance. Classic diagnosis is determined by the presence of two of the main APECED clinical diseases: chronic mucocutaneous candidiasis, chronic hypoparathyroidism, and...
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