A case series of ten plus one deficiency of adenosine deaminase 2 (DADA2) patients in Iran.
Kosar Asna AshariNahid AslaniNima ParvanehRaheleh AssariMorteza HeidariMohammadreza FathiFatemeh Tahghighi SharabianAlireza RonaghMohammad ShahrooeiAlireza MoafiNima RezaeiVahid ZiaeePublished in: Pediatric rheumatology online journal (2023)
Considering the manifestations and the differential diagnoses, DADA2 is not merely a rheumatologic disease, and introducing this disease to hematologists, neurologists, and immunologists is mandatory to initiate prompt and proper treatment. The efficacy of anti-TNFs in resolving the symptoms of DADA2 patients have been proven, but not for those with hematologic manifestations. Similarly, they were effective in controlling the symptoms of our cohort of patients, except for the one patient with cytopenia.