P02-003 - HIDS in a consanguineous family form Saudi Arabia?

نویسندگان

  • Q Zhou
  • R Sleiman
  • DL Kastner
  • I Aksentijevich
چکیده

Introduction The daughter of a first-cousin marriage from Saudi Arabia died at age 7y/o of an unexplained periodic fever illness. At two years of age, the proband presented with recurrent fever attacks associated with febrile seizures, severe anemia, septic arthritis, diarrhea, and severe vomiting causing multiple ICU submissions. Considering her ancestry, she was thought to have an FMF-like disease and was subsequently treated with colchicine with partial response.

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دوره 11  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2013