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Symptoms related to tumor necrosis factor receptor 1-associated periodic syndrome, multiple sclerosis, and severe rheumatoid arthritis in patients carrying the TNF receptor superfamily 1A D12E/p.Asp41Glu mutation.
The Journal of rheumatology - 1 Mar 2013
Havla Joachim, Lohse Peter, Gerdes Lisa Ann, Hohlfeld Reinhard, Kümpfel Tania
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor 1-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) is an autoinflammatory disorder caused by autosomal dominantly inherited mutations in the TNF receptor superfamily 1A (TNFRSF1A) gene. The D12E substitution has been described only once to date, in a 4-year-old boy with fever. METHODS: For DNA sequence analysis of the TNFRSF1A gene, genomic DNA was isolated, amplified by PCR,...
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