A distinct difference in clinical expression of two siblings with Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome

Neuropediatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 38-41

  Østergaard, John R ^a   Christensen, T ^a   Nehen, Anne Marie ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aicardi Goutieres syndrome; Chronic spinal fluid lymphocytosis; Congenital familial encephalopathy; Intracranial calcification; White matter disease

Indexed keywords

AICARDI SYNDROME; ARTICLE; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN DISEASE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUADRIPLEGIA; SIBLING; SPASTICITY; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 0032945075     PISSN: 0174304X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-973455     Document Type: Article

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