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Favorable preliminary experience with etanercept in two patients with the hyperimmunoglobulinemia D and periodic fever syndrome
1 Sept 2003
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OBJECTIVE: The hyperimmunoglobulinemia D and periodic fever syndrome (HIDS; MIM 260920) is caused by recessive mutations in the mevalonate kinase gene (MVK), which encodes an enzyme involved in cholesterol and nonsterol isoprenoid biosynthesis. HIDS is characterized by persistently elevated polyclonal IgD and recurrent febrile episodes. Although abnormalities in tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF alpha) are not the...
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