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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-11-3
pubmed:abstractText
Aicardi-Goutières syndrome (AGS) is a severe progressive familial encephalopathy, which is usually diagnosed shortly after birth. Using the principle of homozygosity mapping, genome-wide screening of five consanguineous families was performed to search for a homozygous region shared by all affected individuals. A total of 364 markers with an average spacing of 9.9 cM were genotyped, but no homozygous region common to all affected individuals could be found. Regions of homozygosity in affected sibs could only be identified within each family individually. This may reflect genetic heterogeneity, possibly related to clinical heterogeneity, since several syndromes are clinically difficult to distinguish from AGS. Involvement of a small number of genes and/or of an external factor, such as infection, may also explain the absence of a homozygous region common to all affected individuals.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0009-9163
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
56
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
149-53
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
Aicardi-Goutières syndrome: monogenic recessive disease, genetically heterogeneous disease, or multifactorial disease?
pubmed:affiliation
Généthon-CNRS URA 1922, Evry, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't