While #hEDS has a clear heritable pattern but isn't yet linked to a specific gene, #YAOS is considered to be a "genetically transitional" condition--wherein a genetic mutation (in #NOD2 gene) is a necessary but insufficient condition to have symptomatic disease.

While #hEDS has a clear heritable pattern but isn't yet linked to a specific gene, #YAOS is considered to be a "genetically transitional" condition--wherein a genetic mutation (in #NOD2 gene) is a necessary but insufficient condition to have symptomatic disease.

So I just wanted to give folks a bit of an update! I'll have more to say about #YaoSyndrome and #NOD2-associated autoinflammatory conditions later. But for now, I'll return to regularly scheduled programming. Thanks, as always, for your understanding and support! [5/5]