Catalog

Mevalonate kinase deficiency with recurrent fever

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Link to WHO Definition

Mevalonate kinase deficiency with recurrent fever – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/910632716

Mevalonate kinase [MVK] deficiency with recurrent fever, with or without hyperIgD, is an autoinflammatory disease associated with mutations in the mevalonate kinase gene. This results in clinical attacks of inflammation in the form of fever, lymphadenopathy, enlarged spleen and serositis along with increased acute phase reactants.