Tocilizumab for the Treatment of Mevalonate Kinase Deficiency
Mevalonate kinase deficiency (MKD) is a severe autoinflammatory disease caused by recessive mutations in MVK resulting in reduced function of the enzyme mevalonate kinase, involved in the cholesterol/isoprenoid pathway. MKD presents with periodic episodes of severe systemic inflammation, poor qualit...
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| Main Authors: | Nadia K. Rafiq, Helen Lachmann, Frodi Joensen, Troels Herlin, Paul A. Brogan |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Case Reports in Pediatrics |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/3514645 |
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