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01-11-2013 | Meeting abstract
P02-032 - CAPS: a novel mutation and an unusual phenotype
Authors:
A Insalaco, PS Buonuomo, C Bracaglia, M Pardeo, I Ceccherini, R Nicolai, F De Benedetti
Published in:
Pediatric Rheumatology
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Special Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
Cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS) is an autoinflammatory syndrome caused by heterozygous mutations of CIAS1/NLRP3 gene. Affected patients may present with three different phenotypes: familial cold autoinflammatory syndrome (FCAS), Muckle-Wells syndrome and CINCA syndrome. Common symptoms include sporadic or cold-induced non pruritic urticarial rash and fever. Severe cases suffer from deafness, meningitis, articular contracture and secondary amyloidosis. …