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01-11-2013 | Meeting abstract
PW02-030 - Clinical phenotype in individuals with Q703K
Authors:
DM Rowczenio, H Trojer, G Wang, PN Hawkins, HJ Lachmann, A Baginska, T Russell, R Al-Nackkash, A Bybee, NM Stewart, T Lane
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Pediatric Rheumatology
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Special Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
Mutations in the NLRP3 gene are associated with the dominantly inherited cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS) characterized by episodes of fever, urticarial rash, arthralgia, myalgia, eye inflammation, and, in its more severe forms, bony abnormalities and CNS inflammation. Of the 145 sequence variants in NLRP3 reported to date, 30 are either nonpathogenic or of undetermined significance, the commonest of which, Q703K, has been reported in 5 to10% of general population. …