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Key facts and hot spots on tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Sept 2014
Rigante Donato, Lopalco Giuseppe, Vitale Antonio, Lucherini Orso Maria, De Clemente Caterina, Caso Francesco, Emmi Giacomo, Costa Luisa, Silvestri Elena, Andreozzi Laura, Iannone Florenzo, Galeazzi Mauro, Cantarini Luca
Abstract excerpt
Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS), formerly known as familial Hibernian fever, is the most common autosomal dominant autoinflammatory disease, resulting from mutations in the TNFRSF1A gene, encoding the 55-kD tumor necrosis factor receptor. The pathophysiologic mechanism of TRAPS remains ambiguous and only partially explained. The onset age of the syndrome is variable and the...
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