Recurrent macrophage activation syndrome associated with heterozygous perforin W374X gene mutation in a child with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

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BACKGROUND: Recurrent macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) is rarely reported. AIM: To describe recurrent MAS in a 2.5-year-old girl with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis and heterozygous perforin mutation, which may have a role in the patient's first recurrence despite use of the HLH-2004...

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