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VEXAS syndrome (vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic) for the dermatologist.
Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology - 1 Dec 2023
Sterling David, Duncan Mhairi E, Philippidou Marianna, Salisbury Jonathan R, Kulasekararaj Austin G, Basu Tanya N
Abstract excerpt
In 2020, Beck et al1 described a novel adult autoinflammatory syndrome entitled VEXAS (Vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, Autoinflammatory, Somatic), a newly-discovered disorder that connected previously unrelated inflammatory syndromes and a prototype for a new class of hematoinflammatory diseases.2 Eighty-nine percent of published cases have documented skin involvement, but despite the high incidence and diagnostic...
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