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We wish to acknowledge the assistance of our colleagues in the Northern Molecular Genetics Service in Newcastle-upon-Tyne and the advice of Drs Anne Puel, Yannick Crow, and J.L Casanova. Finally, we wish to acknowledge the goodwill of the patient and her family.
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Smyth, A.E., Kaleviste, E., Snow, A. et al. Aortic Calcification in a Patient with a Gain-of-Function STAT1 Mutation. J Clin Immunol 38, 468–470 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10875-018-0513-z
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