hereditary periodic fever syndromes
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Periodic fever syndrome — The periodic fever syndromes (also known as autoinflammatory syndromes) are a set of disorders, many of which are genetic disorders in which the mechanisms which initiate and control inflammation are disturbed, leading to uncontrolled… … Wikipedia
Periodic fever — Recurrences of fever that last from a few days to a few weeks and are separated by symptom free intervals of varying duration. This pattern of fever can be caused by recurrent infection, malignancy or noninfectious inflammatory disorders.… … Medical dictionary
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autoinflammatory diseases — a group of hereditary conditions, usually rare and autosomal dominant, in which there are defects in genes that regulate the body s innate immunity; most are characterized by recurrent fevers and inflammation that may involve various different… … Medical dictionary
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syndrome — The aggregate of symptoms and signs associated with any morbid process, and constituting together the picture of the disease. SEE ALSO: disease. [G. s., a running together, tumultuous concourse; (in med.) a concurrence of symptoms, fr. syn,… … Medical dictionary
nervous system disease — Introduction any of the diseases or disorders that affect the functioning of the human nervous system (nervous system, human). Everything that humans sense, consider, and effect and all the unlearned reflexes of the body depend on the… … Universalium
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