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01-12-2015 | Poster presentation
Hidradenitis suppurativa and familial Mediterranean fever: a report of 6 cases and literature review
Authors:
S Abbara, S Georgin-Lavialle, G Grateau, C Bachmeyer, D Buob, P Senet, S Audia, V Delcey, O Steichen, J-P Bastard, S Fellahi, S Amselem, K Stankovic Stojanovic
Published in:
Pediatric Rheumatology
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Special Issue 1/2015
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Excerpt
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most frequent monogenic autoinflammatory disease (AID). Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is an inflammatory skin disease characterized by recurrent abscesses and scarring in apocrine gland-bearing areas. HS shares common features with AID including a positive correlation between the increase of acute phase reactants (APR) and the severity of the disease. HS can be associated with other AID. …