Controlling inflammation: contemporary treatments for autoinflammatory diseases and syndromes.

ABSTRACT

The continuous advance in the search for the cause and pathogenesis of the autoinflammatory syndromes, as well as reports of the efficacy of specific inflammation-mediator suppressors, has changed the way these syndromes are approached and treated; both the acute and long-term treatment of these diseases has improved significantly. Etiologic and pathophysiologic manipulation is and will be the future for controlling, even curing, this new and rare set of diseases.