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01-11-2013 | Meeting abstract
P02-001 – A novel TNFRSF1A mutation in periodic fever
Authors:
E Erken, F Yıldız, D Arslan Taş, S Dinkci
Published in:
Pediatric Rheumatology
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Special Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) is an autosomal dominant autoinflammatory disease characterized by periodic fever, accompanying with attacks of abdominal pain, arthralgia, myalgia, erythematous rashes, periorbital edema and conjunctivitis. Mutations in the extracellular domain of the 55-kD tumor necrosis factor receptor (TNFRSF1A) has been shown to be responsible for the TRAPS syndrome. …