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Muckle-Wells syndrome effectively treated with canakinumab: is the recommended dosing schedule mandatory?
Dermatology (Basel, Switzerland) - 1 Jan 2011
Mueller Simon M, Itin Peter, Haeusermann Peter
Abstract excerpt
Cryopyrin-associated periodic fever syndrome (CAPS) is a rare inherited disease due to mutations in the NLRP3 (also called CIAS1) gene on chromosome 1q44 resulting in overproduction of interleukin-1. CAPS comprises three clinically overlapping disorders including Muckle-Wells syndrome. We report on two half-siblings with Muckle-Wells syndrome who were successfully treated with the interleukin-1 beta antibody...
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