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[Chronic anemia and unexplained inflammation: think of VEXAS syndrome].
Nederlands tijdschrift voor geneeskunde - 19 Apr 2023
van Daele Paul L A, van der Made Caspar I, Leavis Helen L, Hak A E Liesbeth, Potjewijd Judith, Rutgers Abraham Bram
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: VEXAS-syndrome is an X-linked acquired multisystemic autoinflammatory disease caused by a somatic mutation in UBA1. CASE DESCRIPTION: In this manuscript we describe a 79-year-old male suffering from skin lesions, macrocytic anemia and lab results showing inflammation in which, based on finding a mutation in UBA1, VEXAS was diagnosed. He was treated with a combination of high dose corticosteroids and...
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