VEXAS Syndrome: Clinical Case Series From a Canadian Cohort

J Rheumatol. 2024 Mar 15:jrheum.2022-0226. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.2022-0226. Online ahead of print.

Abstract

VEXAS (vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic; OMIM #301054) syndrome is an autoinflammatory condition first described in November 2020.1 It is characterized by vacuoles in myeloid and erythroid precursor cells on bone marrow biopsy and caused by a monogenic somatic mutation in the ubiquitin-like modifier activating enzyme 1 (UBA1) gene.1,2.

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