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An Israeli Arab patient with a de novo TNFRSF1A mutation causing tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Jan 2002
Aganna Ebun, Zeharia Avraham, Hitman Graham A, Basel-Vanagaite Lina, Allotey Rebecca A, Booth David R, Hawkins Philip N, Thacker Catherine, Syndercombe-Court Denise, McDermott Michael F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate genetic susceptibility to recurrent fevers, generalized severe myalgia, and migratory erythema in an Israeli Arab child with no family history of similar disease. METHODS: DNA sequencing of exons 1-6 of the TNFRSF1A gene (formerly TNFR1) was performed in the patient and his parents to determine the presence of the autosomal-dominant tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic...
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