Clinical immunology review series: an approach to the patient with a periodic fever syndrome
HJ Lachmann - Clinical & Experimental Immunology, 2011 - academic.oup.com
Clinical & Experimental Immunology, 2011•academic.oup.com
The periodic fever syndromes are disorders of innate immunity. They may be inherited or
acquired and present as recurrent attacks of apparently spontaneous self-limiting
inflammation without evidence of autoantibodies or infection. Over the past decade-and-a-
half there has been significant progress in their understanding and treatment.
acquired and present as recurrent attacks of apparently spontaneous self-limiting
inflammation without evidence of autoantibodies or infection. Over the past decade-and-a-
half there has been significant progress in their understanding and treatment.
Summary
The periodic fever syndromes are disorders of innate immunity. They may be inherited or acquired and present as recurrent attacks of apparently spontaneous self-limiting inflammation without evidence of autoantibodies or infection. Over the past decade-and-a-half there has been significant progress in their understanding and treatment.
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