title: IL-18 serum concentration is markedly elevated in typical familial Mediterranean fever with M694I mutation and can distinguish it from atypical type.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Pediatrics , Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical University , Kawagoe , Japan.|b Department of Infection and Host Defense , Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine , Matsumoto , Japan.
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yamazaki
authors.affiliation: c Department of Pediatrics , Shinshu University School of Medicine , Matsumoto , Japan.
authors.forename: Tomonari
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Shigemura
authors.affiliation: c Department of Pediatrics , Shinshu University School of Medicine , Matsumoto , Japan.
authors.forename: Norimoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kobayashi
authors.affiliation: d Children's Medical Center, Northern Yokohama Hospital, Showa University , Yokohama , Japan.
authors.forename: Kimiko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Honda
authors.affiliation: e Departments of Internal Medicine , Shinshu University School of Medicine , Matsumoto , Japan.
authors.forename: Masahide
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yazaki
authors.affiliation: f Department of Pathology , Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine and Ehime Proteo-medicine Research Center , Toon , Japan.
authors.forename: Junya
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Masumoto
authors.affiliation: g Clinical Research Center, Nagasaki Medical Center , Omura , Japan.
authors.forename: Kiyoshi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Migita
authors.affiliation: b Department of Infection and Host Defense , Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine , Matsumoto , Japan.|c Department of Pediatrics , Shinshu University School of Medicine , Matsumoto , Japan.|d Children's Medical Center, Northern Yokohama Hospital, Showa University , Yokohama , Japan.
authors.forename: Kazunaga
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Agematsu
keywords: FMF; IL-18; IL-1β; Inflammasome; Pyrin