[Mevalonate kinase deficiency in 2016].

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Mevalonate kinase deficiency is a rare, autosomal recessive, auto-inflammatory disease. This results from mutations in the gene MVK coding for the enzyme mevalonate kinase. This enzyme is involved in cholesterol and isoprenoids synthesis. Depending partially of the residual activity of the mevalonate kinase, the clinical spectrum realizes a continuum which extends from the mild phenotype of the...

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