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A TREX1 mutation causing cerebral vasculopathy in a patient with familial chilblain lupus

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Yamashiro, K., Tanaka, R., Li, Y. et al. A TREX1 mutation causing cerebral vasculopathy in a patient with familial chilblain lupus. J Neurol 260, 2653–2655 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00415-013-7084-y

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