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Mevalonate kinase deficiency/hyper IgD syndrome (HIDS)

Links to reputable resources widely used in the genetics community provide disease information.  Many of these resources are edited or authored by our investigators.

 

Learn more about mevalonate kinase deficiency/HIDS from the following resources:

Genetics Home Reference: mevalonate kinase deficiency

Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man (OMIM):  mevalonate kinase


Rare disorders investigators studying this disorder include:

Robert Steiner, MD

 

Key publications by members of the research consortium:

Hager EJ, Tse HM, Piganelli JD, Gupta M, Baetscher M, Tse TE, Pappu AS, Steiner RD, Hoffmann GF, Gibson KM.  Deletion of a single mevalonate kinase (Mvk) allele yields a murine model of hyper-IgD syndrome.  J Inherit Metab Dis. 2007 Nov 19.