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Hereditary Autoinflammatory Diseases

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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.     
Examples Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes; Familial Mediterranean Fever; Mevalonate Kinase Deficiency 		Other names Recurrent Fevers, Hereditary; Recurrent Fever, Hereditary; Hereditary Recurrent Fever; Hereditary Autoinflammatory Disease; Hereditary Autoinflammation Disease; Fevers, Hereditary Recurrent; Fever, Hereditary Recurrent; Diseases, Hereditary Autoinflammatory; Diseases, Hereditary Autoinflammation; Disease, Hereditary Autoinflammatory; Disease, Hereditary Autoinflammation; Autoinflammatory Diseases, Hereditary; Autoinflammatory Disease, Hereditary; Autoinflammation Diseases, Hereditary; Autoinflammation Disease, Hereditary; Hereditary Recurrent Fevers; Hereditary Periodic Fever Syndromes; Hereditary Autoinflammation Diseases
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Deficiency of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist  0   *Hereditary Autoinflammatory Diseases Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein.
Periodic fever, familial, autosomal dominant  0   *Hereditary Autoinflammatory Diseases.

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