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Hereditary Autoinflammatory Diseases  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Hereditary inflammation conditions, characterized by recurrent episodes of systemic inflammation. Common symptoms include recurrent fever, rash, arthritis, fatigue, and secondary AMYLOIDOSIS. Hereditary autoinflammatory diseases are associated with mutations in genes involved in regulation of normal inflammatory process and are not caused by AUTOANTIBODIES, or antigen specific T-LYMPHOCYTES.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Hereditary Autoinflammation Diseases
  • Hereditary Periodic Fever Syndromes
  • Hereditary Recurrent Fevers
  • Reimann Periodic Disease
  • Siegal-Cattan-Mamou Disease

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-FZBZJMC4-B

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