Mevalonate kinase deficiency: evidence for a phenotypic continuum

A Simon, HPH Kremer, RA Wevers, H Scheffer… - Neurology, 2004 - AAN Enterprises
A Simon, HPH Kremer, RA Wevers, H Scheffer, JG De Jong, JWM Van Der Meer…
Neurology, 2004AAN Enterprises
Both mevalonic aciduria, characterized by psychomotor retardation, cerebellar ataxia,
recurrent fever attacks, and death in early childhood, and hyper-immunoglobulin D (hyper-
IgD) syndrome, with recurrent fever attacks without neurologic symptoms, are caused by a
functional deficiency of mevalonate kinase. In a systematic review of known mevalonate
kinase–deficient patients, the authors identified five adults with phenotypic overlap between
these two syndromes, which argues for a continuous spectrum of disease. Mevalonate …
Both mevalonic aciduria, characterized by psychomotor retardation, cerebellar ataxia, recurrent fever attacks, and death in early childhood, and hyper-immunoglobulin D (hyper-IgD) syndrome, with recurrent fever attacks without neurologic symptoms, are caused by a functional deficiency of mevalonate kinase. In a systematic review of known mevalonate kinase–deficient patients, the authors identified five adults with phenotypic overlap between these two syndromes, which argues for a continuous spectrum of disease. Mevalonate kinase deficiency should be considered in adult patients with fitting neurologic symptoms, with or without periodic fever attacks.
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