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Novel mutations of MVK gene in Japanese family members affected with hyperimmunoglobulinemia D and periodic fever syndrome.
Rheumatology international - 1 Dec 2012
Mizuno Takahisa, Sakai Hidemasa, Nishikomori Ryuta, Oshima Koichi, Ohara Osamu, Hata Ikue, Shigematsu Yosuke, Ishige Takashi, Tamura Kazushi, Arakawa Hirokazu
Abstract excerpt
Hyperimmunoglobulinemia D with periodic fever syndrome (HIDS) is a recessively inherited recurrent fever syndrome. We describe a family of eldest son and monozygotic twin younger sisters with characteristic syndrome of HIDS, but normal level of IgD. Mevalonate kinase (MK) activity was deficient in all of them, and analysis of the MVK gene revealed compound heterozygosity for 2 new mutations, one of which was the...
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