Approach to the diagnosis of hereditary autoinflammatory syndromes

Anna Simon National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal & Skin diseases (NIAMS), Genetics & Genomics Branch, National Institute of Health (NIH), Building 10, Room 9N214, 10 Center Drive, Bethesda, MD 20892-1820, USA Tel.: +1 301 435 3694; Fax: +1 301 402 0012; Simona2@mail.nih.gov ‘Genetic testing in the hereditary autoinflammatory syndromes is often a useful tool, but should only be used as an adjunct to clinical diagnosis.‘