Kazuaki Matsumoto Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome
Department of Pediatrics, JA Toride Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan
Kazuaki Matsumoto belongs to Department of Pediatrics intrested in the field Mediterranean fever; Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome; Congenital heart disease; Autoinflammatory disorder from JA Toride Medical Center, Ibaraki, Japan
Case Report Open Access
Author(s): Kazuaki Matsumoto* and Masayasu Ohta
Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome is a genetic syndrome that includes growth failure, mental retardation, congenital heart disease, typical facial features and epilepsy. This syndrome is associated with a microdeletion of the short arm of chromosome 4. Familial Mediterranean fever is a hereditary autoinflammatory disorder characterized by fever and serosal inflammation that affects abdomen, chest and joints. This disorder is associated with mutations in MEFV located on chromoso... view moreĀ»