A Possible Genotype-Phenotype Correlation in Ashkenazi-Jewish Individuals With Aicardi-Goutières Syndrome Associated With SAMHD1 Mutation

Abstract

Aicardi-Goutières syndrome is a genetic neurodegenerative disorder with clinical symptoms mimicking a congenital viral infection. Mutations in 6 genes are known to cause the disease: 3 prime repair exonuclease1, ribonucleases H2A, B, and C, SAM domain and HD domain 1, and most recently ADAR1. HD domain 1 mutations were previously reported in the Ashkenazi-Jewish community. We report an additional patient of Ashkenazi-Jewish descent and review the other 3 cases affected with Aicardi-Goutières syndrome due to SAM domain and HD domain 1 (SAMHD1) mutations described in Israel. We propose that there may be a phenotypic-genotypic correlation in accordance with the type of mutations inherited in the SAMHD1 genotype and suggest that Aicardi-Goutières syndrome may not be a rare disease in the Ashkenazi-Jewish population.

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Ashkenazi-Jewish FTT irritability microcephaly seizures Aicardi-Goutières

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