Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome in a child during an accelerated phase of a severe APECED phenotype due to an uncommon mutation of AIRE

Clinical Endocrinology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 511-513

  Capalbo, Donatella ^a   Elefante, Andrea ^a   Spagnuolo, Maria Immacolata ^a   Mazza, Cinzia ^b   Betterle, Corrado ^c   Pignata, Claudio ^a   Salerno, Mariacarolina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOIMMUNE REGULATOR PROTEIN; PREDNISONE; STEROID;

ANAMNESIS; AUTOIMMUNE HEPATITIS; AUTOIMMUNE POLYENDOCRINOPATHY CANDIDIASIS ECTODERMAL DYSTROPHY; BRAIN DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; POSTERIOR REVERSIBLE ENCEPHALOPATHY SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DISEASE PROGRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYENDOCRINOPATHIES, AUTOIMMUNE; SYNDROME; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 49649114637     PISSN: 03000664     EISSN: 13652265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2008.03206.x     Document Type: Letter

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