1. Periodic fever syndromes: a patient diagnosed with recurrent Kawasaki disease
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Sena Turk, Ertürk Levent, Derya Aydin, Necil Kutukculer, Eser Dogan, and Ege Üniversitesi
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medicine.medical_specialty ,hyperimmunoglobulin D syndrome ,Familial Mediterranean fever ,Arthritis ,Disease ,Mucocutaneous Lymph Node Syndrome ,03 medical and health sciences ,0302 clinical medicine ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,030225 pediatrics ,Humans ,Medicine ,cardiovascular diseases ,Child ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,030203 arthritis & rheumatology ,Kawasaki disease ,biology ,business.industry ,Polyarteritis nodosa ,Coronary Aneurysm ,Mevalonate kinase ,General Medicine ,medicine.disease ,Coronary Vessels ,Dermatology ,Arthritis, Juvenile ,Child, Preschool ,Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health ,biology.protein ,periodic fever syndromes ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,Microscopic polyangiitis - Abstract
Kawasaki disease, known as mucocutaneous lymph node syndrome, is a multi-system disease of unknown aetiology that occurs in young children under 5 years of age. The recurrence rate of Kawasaki disease is as rare as 1–3%. Especially in cases with coronary artery involvement, recurrent Kawasaki disease should be investigated in terms of underlying rheumatologic diseases such as periodic fever syndromes, microscopic polyangiitis, polyarteritis nodosa, and systemic-onset juvenile arthritis. In this study, we report homozygote mutations in mevalonate kinase and familial Mediterranean fever genes in a recurrent Kawasaki disease with coronary dilatation.
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- 2020
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