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[TRAPS: clinical significance of genotype. A report of two cases].
La Revue de medecine interne - 1 Sept 2010
Lahaxe L, Josse S, Grateau G, Levesque H, Marie I
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INTRODUCTION: Tumor necrosis factor receptor associated periodic fever syndrome (TRAPS) is defined as recurrent attacks of generalized inflammation for which no infectious or auto-immune cause can be identified; it is caused by dominantly inherited mutations in the gene encoding the first TNF receptor. We report two additional cases of patients with TRAPS, suggesting that mutation pattern of TNFRSF 1A gene may...
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