IL-18 serum concentration is markedly elevated in typical familial Mediterranean fever with M694I mutation and can distinguish it from atypical type

Affiliations

• ¹ a Department of Pediatrics , Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University , Kawagoe , Japan.
• ² b Department of Infection and Host Defense , Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine , Matsumoto , Japan.
• ³ c Department of Pediatrics , Shinshu University School of Medicine , Matsumoto , Japan.
• ⁴ d Children's Medical Center, Northern Yokohama Hospital, Showa University , Yokohama , Japan.
• ⁵ e Departments of Internal Medicine , Shinshu University School of Medicine , Matsumoto , Japan.
• ⁶ f Department of Pathology , Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine and Ehime Proteo-medicine Research Center , Toon , Japan.
• ⁷ g Clinical Research Center, Nagasaki Medical Center , Omura , Japan.