A Case of Hyper IgD and Periodic Fever Syndrome in Japan.
Journal: Clinical Medicine. Case Reports
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Abstract
We report a four-year-old Japanese girl with hyper IgD and periodic fever syndrome. There is a first report of hyper IgD syndrome (HIDS) of which the genomic study was done in Japan. In this report a girl complained of periodic fever and abdominal symptoms accompanied with high levels of mevalonic acid in urine and serum. She has been well controlled by non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) for 3 years.
Authors
Hisashi Kawashima, Akiyoshi Hoshi, Hiroaki Ioi, Chiako Ishii, Satoshi Sato, Yasuyo Kashiwagi, Kouji Takekuma, Akinori Hoshika
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