Masayasu Ohta Author
Subjects of specialization
Affiliation
Autoinflammatory disorder
Department of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan
Masayasu Ohtac belongs to Department of Pediatrics and Developmental Biology intrested in the field Mediterranean fever; Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome; Congenital heart disease; from Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, 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»