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01-11-2013 | Meeting abstract
P02-031 - Phenotype of V198M and Q703K NLRP3 variants
Authors:
V Messia, M Pardeo, R Nicolai, C Bracaglia, F De Benedetti, A Insalaco
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Pediatric Rheumatology
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Special Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
The term CAPS (cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes) identifies a spectrum of autoinflammatory diseases caused by heterozygous mutations of the CIAS1/NLRP3. Affected individuals may present three different phenotypes: familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome (FCAS), Muckle-Wells syndrome (MWS) and CINCA syndrome, the most severe form of the clinical spectrum. Clinical manifestations include urticaria-like rash, recurrent fever, arthralgia, conjunctivitis; chronic aseptic meningitis, cerebral atrophy and bone malformations in the severe cases. …