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The evaluation of gene polymorphisms associated with autoinflammatory syndrome in patients with palindromic rheumatism complicated by intermittent hydrarthrosis.
Clinical rheumatology - 1 Mar 2020
Tani Yumi, Kishi Takayuki, Miyamae Takako, Kawamoto Manabu, Kawaguchi Yasushi, Taniguchi Atsuo, Yamanaka Hisashi
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Palindromic rheumatism (PR) is a type of acute arthritis or periarthritis characterized by recurrence, paroxysmal, or intermittent disease attacks and occasionally progresses to other types of rheumatic disease. PR patients who are anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA)-negative have a high prevalence of MEFV gene polymorphisms, and intermittent hydrarthrosis (IH) is also associated with MEFV...
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