Aicardi-Goutieres Syndrome in SiblingsDivision of Pediatric Neurology
Division of Pediatric Neurology
Division of Pediatric Metabolic Diseases Department of Child Health
Department of Radiodiagnosis Sultan Qaboos University Hospital Sultanate of Oman Two siblings with familial encephalopathy, calcification of the basal ganglia, and cerebrospinal fluid lymphocytosis, constituting the triad of Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome, are reported. This syndrome resembles congenital intrauterine infections, which must be meticulously excluded. Aicardi-Goutieres syndrome is extremely rare and is being reported from the Arab world for the first time to our knowledge. (J Child Neurol 2001;16:759-761).
Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 16, No. 10,
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