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Association of mutations in the NALP3/CIAS1/PYPAF1 gene with a broad phenotype including recurrent fever, cold sensitivity, sensorineural deafness, and AA amyloidosis.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Sept 2002
Aganna Ebun, Martinon Fabio, Hawkins Philip N, Ross John B, Swan Daniel C, Booth David R, Lachmann Helen J, Bybee Alison, Gaudet Roxanne, Woo Patricia, Feighery Conleth, Cotter Finbarr E, Thome Margot, Hitman Graham A, Tschopp Jürg, McDermott Michael F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Familial cold urticaria (FCU) and Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS) are dominantly inherited autoinflammatory disorders that cause rashes, fever, arthralgia, and in some subjects, AA amyloidosis, and have been mapped to chromosome 1q44. Sensorineural deafness in MWS, and provocation of symptoms by cold in FCU, are distinctive features. This study was undertaken to characterize the genetic basis of FCU, MWS,...
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