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ACTA PAEDIATRICA
Volume 100, Issue 1, Pages 21-25Publisher
WILEY-BLACKWELL
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2010.01974.x
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Anti-inflammatory therapy; Fever; Hereditary diseases; Interleukin-1=IL-1; Mevalonate kinase defiency
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Hyperimmunoglobulinemia D syndrome (HIDS) is a rare, autosomal recessively inherited autoinflammatory disease caused by mutations in the mevalonate kinase gene. HIDS usually starts in infancy with recurrent fever episodes lasting 3-7 days and recurring every 4-6 weeks, with only partial symptom decrease in adulthood. Fever is typically accompanied by abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhoea and cervical lymphadenopathy, and sometimes by skin and joint symptoms. Blood leukocytes and serum C-reactive protein are elevated during the episode, and in addition, high levels of interleukine-1 (IL-1), IL-6 and tumour necrosis factor (TNF) and respective soluble receptors have been measured. Instead, serum immunoglobulin D (IgD) is usually normal until 3 years of age. Currently, there is no established treatment for HIDS. Thus far, four children have been successfully treated with etanercep, TNF-alpha inhibitor, and three children with anakinra, IL-1 receptor antagonist. Conclusion: This review summarizes currently available data on the use biological medicines for HIDS in children. A Finnish 1.5-year-old patient with disease onset at 6 months of age, treated successfully with anakinra, is presented.
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