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Clinical presentation and pathogenesis of cold-induced autoinflammatory disease in a family with recurrence of an NLRP12 mutation.
Arthritis and rheumatism - 1 Mar 2011
Borghini S, Tassi S, Chiesa S, Caroli F, Carta S, Caorsi R, Fiore M, Delfino L, Lasigliè D, Ferraris C, Traggiai E, Di Duca M, Santamaria G, D'Osualdo A, Tosca M, Martini A, Ceccherini I, Rubartelli A, Gattorno M
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: NLRP12 mutations have been described in patients affected with peculiar autoinflammatory symptoms. This study was undertaken to characterize NLRP12 mutations in patients with autoinflammatory syndromes, particularly a novel missense mutation, p.D294E, affecting a protein sequence crucial for ATP binding, which was identified in a Caucasian family with familial cold-induced autoinflammatory syndrome in...
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