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Pseudodominant inheritance of the hyperimmunoglobulinemia D with periodic fever syndrome in a mother and her two monozygotic twins.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Nov 2005
Hospach Toni, Lohse Pia, Heilbronner Helmut, Dannecker Guenther E, Lohse Peter
Abstract excerpt
Hyperimmunoglobulinemia D with periodic fever syndrome (HIDS) is a recessively inherited recurrent fever syndrome. We describe a family of 2 monozygotic twins and their mother with characteristic symptoms of HIDS, but normal levels of IgD and IgA, and with a dominant inheritance pattern. Mevalonate kinase (MK) activity was deficient in both children, and analysis of the MVK gene revealed compound heterozygosity...
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