Importance:Aicardi-Goutières syndrome(AGS)is a rare genetic disorder mainly affecting the central nervous system and autoimmunity.However,research on AGS among Chinese patients is limited.Objective:To summarize the n...
supported by the grant(82230062)from the National Natural Science Foundation of China to Zhi-Ying Wu.
Leukodystrophies represent a group of cerebral white matter disorders that mainly affect axon-glia units.The disorders are clinically diverse and display significant genetic variability.It is challenging to differenti...
Novel AARS2 gene mutations encoding mitochondrial alanyl-tRNA synthetase are important in the spectrum of different phenotypes expressed in the nervous system. Leukodystrophy and ovarian failure in females are common ...
A 42-year-old woman,born to non-consanguineous parents with no family history of neurological diseases,suffered from ataxia for 3 years.After a normal psychomotor development,the patient first presented dental eruptio...
To the Editor:Mutations in the mitochondrial alanyl-tRNA synthetase 2 gene (AARS2) have been recently found to lead to chronic progressive leukodystrophy or infantile cardiomyopathy.Up to date,there have been 15 pa...