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Identification of a variant in NLRP3 gene in a patient with Muckle-Wells syndrome: a case report and review of literature.
Pediatric rheumatology online journal - 10 Feb 2023
Liu Jia, Zhang Ranran, Yi Zhi, Lin Yi, Chang Hong, Zhang Qiuye
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS), a rare genetic autoimmune disease, is composed of familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome (FCAs), Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS), and neonatal onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID). MWS is caused by dominantly inherited or de novo gain-of-function mutations in the NOD-like receptor 3 (NLRP3) gene. At present, there is no report about the variation...
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