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Autoinflammatory bone diseases
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Autoinflammatory bone diseases

Sara M Stern and Polly J Ferguson
Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America, Vol.39(4), pp.735-749
11/2013
DOI: 10.1016/j.rdc.2013.05.002
PMCID: PMC3823499
PMID: 24182852
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/3823499View
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Abstract

Autoinflammatory bone disease is a new branch of autoinflammatory diseases caused by seemingly unprovoked activation of the innate immune system leading to an osseous inflammatory process. The inflammatory bone lesions in these disorders are characterized by chronic inflammation that is typically culture negative with no demonstrable organism on histopathology. The most common autoinflammatory bone diseases in childhood include chronic nonbacterial osteomyelitis (CNO), synovitis, acne, pustulosis, hyperostosis, osteitis syndrome, Majeed syndrome, deficiency of interleukin-1 receptor antagonist, and cherubism. In this article, the authors focus on CNO and summarize the distinct genetic autoinflammatory bone syndromes.
Acne Vulgaris - immunology Humans Anemia, Dyserythropoietic, Congenital - diagnosis Cherubism - diagnosis Osteomyelitis - therapy Synovitis - therapy Acquired Hyperostosis Syndrome - therapy Synovitis - immunology Acne Vulgaris - therapy Synovitis - diagnosis Hereditary Autoinflammatory Diseases - therapy Acquired Hyperostosis Syndrome - diagnosis Hyperostosis - therapy Anemia, Dyserythropoietic, Congenital - therapy Bone Diseases - therapy Cherubism - therapy Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein - immunology Cherubism - immunology Hereditary Autoinflammatory Diseases - immunology Inflammation Hereditary Autoinflammatory Diseases - diagnosis Bone Diseases - immunology Osteomyelitis - immunology Bone Diseases - diagnosis Syndrome Hyperostosis - diagnosis Anemia, Dyserythropoietic, Congenital - immunology Osteitis - diagnosis Osteitis - immunology Osteomyelitis - diagnosis Acne Vulgaris - diagnosis Hyperostosis - immunology Osteitis - therapy Acquired Hyperostosis Syndrome - immunology Chronic Disease

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