Mediterranean fever gene mutations in patients with possible neuro-Sweet disease: a case series

J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2018 Oct;89(10):1119-1121. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2017-316667. Epub 2017 Nov 24.

Authors

Hidehiro Ishikawa¹, Akihiro Shindo¹, Yuichiro Ii¹, Atsushi Niwa¹, Keita Matsuura¹, Dai Kishida², Hidekazu Tomimoto¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Japan.
² Department of Medicine (Neurology and Rheumatology), Shinshu University School of Medicine, Nagano, Japan.

PMID: 29175894
DOI: 10.1136/jnnp-2017-316667

No abstract available

Keywords: autoimmune encephalitis; genetics; hla; neuroimmunology; steroids.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Central Nervous System Diseases / genetics*
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Mutation*
Pyrin / genetics*
Sweet Syndrome / genetics*

Substances

MEFV protein, human
Pyrin