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Exploring the molecular and clinical spectrum of COVID-19-related acute necrotizing encephalopathy in three pediatric cases.
Journal of human genetics - 1 Nov 2023
Wu Dong, Zheng Yinan, Li Ying, Peng Mei, Lin Huaming, Wang Kaiyu
Abstract excerpt
Acute necrotizing encephalopathy (ANE) is a rare disease that predominantly affects children and is associated with a high mortality rate. Here we report three cases of COVID-19-related ANE in children, with the mutation detection in two genes associated with mitochondrial dysfunction. The cases exhibited common ANE symptoms, such as fever, impaired consciousness, positive pathological reflex, increased...
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