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Aicardi-Goutières syndrome: A monogenic type I interferonopathy.
Scandinavian journal of immunology - 1 Oct 2023
Liu Anran, Ying Songcheng
Abstract excerpt
Aicardi-Goutières syndrome (AGS) is a rare monogenic autoimmune disease that primarily affects the brains of children patients. Its main clinical features include encephalatrophy, basal ganglia calcification, leukoencephalopathy, lymphocytosis and increased interferon-α (IFN-α) levels in the patient's cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and serum. AGS may be caused by mutations in any one of nine genes (TREX1, RNASEH2A,...
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