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Clinical and molecular variability in childhood periodic fever with hyperimmunoglobulinaemia D.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 May 2001
Frenkel J, Houten S M, Waterham H R, Wanders R J, Rijkers G T, Duran M, Kuijpers T W, van Luijk W, Poll-The B T, Kuis W
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: The hyperimmunoglobulinaemia D and periodic fever syndrome (HIDS) was found recently to be caused by a deficiency of mevalonate kinase (MK). The aim of this study was to examine whether a relationship exists between the clinical expression of HIDS and the extent of MK deficiency. METHODS: The medical records of children diagnosed with HIDS were reviewed for clinical features and serum immunoglobulin...
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