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Diagnostic value of serum immunoglobulinaemia D level in patients with a clinical suspicion of hyper IgD syndrome.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 1 Oct 2007
Ammouri W, Cuisset L, Rouaghe S, Rolland M-O, Delpech M, Grateau G, Ravet N
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OBJECTIVE: The hyperimmunoglobulinaemia D and periodic fever syndrome (HIDS) was originally defined by the presence of a high serum level of immunoglobulin D associated with recurrent fever. Since the discovery of the mevalonate kinase gene (MVK) gene encoding the mevalonate kinase enzyme, most patients with a clinical diagnostic of HIDS are now found to have a mevalonate kinase deficiency based on metabolic and...
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