Article
Deficiency of Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist (DIRA): Report of the First Indian Patient and a Novel Deletion Affecting IL1RN.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Jul 2017
Mendonca Leonardo O, Malle Louise, Donovan Frank X, Chandrasekharappa Settara C, Montealegre Sanchez Gina A, Garg Megha, Tedgard Ulf, Castells Mariana, Saini Shiv S, Dutta Sourabh, Goldbach-Mansky Raphaela, Suri Deepti, Jesus Adriana A
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: Deficiency of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (DIRA) is a rare life-threatening autoinflammatory disease caused by autosomal recessive mutations in IL1RN. DIRA presents clinically with early onset generalized pustulosis, multifocal osteomyelitis, and elevation of acute phase reactants. We evaluated and treated an antibiotic-unresponsive patient with presumed DIRA with recombinant IL-1Ra (anakinra). The...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
