Taiwan records, cures 1st cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome case

A four-year-old child who suddenly developed fever and rash when only two months old was confirmed a year later to have been hit with a rare autoinflammatory disease called cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome (CAPS), the first such case in Taiwan.

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