Editorial

Pyrin and cryopyrin – similar domain sequence but opposite inflammatory consequence

Y. Berkun¹, E. Ben-Chetrit²

1FMF Clinic, Department of Pediatrics, Safra Children’s Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel; 2FMF Clinic, Department of Medicine, Hadassah – Hebrew University Hospital, Jerusalem, Israel.

Key words

Pyrin, cryopyrin, FMF, CINCA/NOMID.

Please address correspondence to: Eldad Ben-Chetrit MD, Department of Medicine, Hadassah – Hebrew University Hospital, POB:12000, Jerusalem, Israel.

E-mail: eldad@hadassah.org.il

Clin Exp Rheumatol 2007; 25 (Suppl. 45): S6-S8.

© CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY 2007.