Blueberry muffin rash as the presenting sign of aicardi-goutières syndrome

Pediatric Dermatology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 432-435

  Brisman, Stacey ^a   Gonzalez, Mercedes ^b   Morel, Kimberly D ^a,b  

^a Department of Orthopaedic Surgery   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACICLOVIR; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

AICARDI GOUTIERES SYNDROME; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BLUEBERRY MUFFIN RASH; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONGENITAL VIRAL INFECTION; CORNEA DISEASE; CYTOMEGALOVIRUS INFECTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSTONIA; GENETIC DISORDER; HEART MURMUR; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HEPATOSPLENOMEGALY; HEREDITARY SPHEROCYTOSIS; HERPES SIMPLEX; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFECTION; LABORATORY TEST; LYMPHOCYTOSIS; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MICROCEPHALY; MICROGNATHIA; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEWBORN; PALPEBRAL FISSURE; PAPULE; PARVOVIRUS INFECTION; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RASH; RECURRENCE RISK; RUBELLA; SEIZURE; SEPSIS; SKIN BIOPSY; SKIN DEFECT; SKIN DISEASE; SPASTICITY; SYPHILIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TOXOPLASMOSIS; VIRUS INFECTION;

BRAIN DISEASES; CONSANGUINITY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EXANTHEMA; GENES, RECESSIVE; HEMATOPOIESIS, EXTRAMEDULLARY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RARE DISEASES; SKIN; SYNDROME;

EID: 68849132583     PISSN: 07368046     EISSN: 15251470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1470.2009.00947.x     Document Type: Article

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