Familial Mediterranean Fever with Onset at 66 Years of Age
The patient was a 68-year-old woman who had experienced recurrent febrile episodes since 66 years of age. Despite various examinations and treatments, the etiology remained unclear.
Nishino, Tomoya +9 more
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Immunogenic Potential of the Mediterranean Fever Gene in Patients with Coronavirus Disease: A Cross-Sectional Study. [PDF]
Salehzadeh F +5 more
europepmc +1 more source
A new MEFV gene mutation in an Iranian patient with familial Mediterranean fever
Familial mediterranean fever (FMF) is an inherited autoinflammatory disorder characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and painful inflammation involving the intra-abdominal organs, the lungs and the joints, which is highly prevalent in specific ethnic groups including the Iranians.
S. Farjadian +9 more
openaire +6 more sources
Objectives: This study aims to investigate whether the protein tyrosine phosphatase non-receptor type 22 (PTPN22) C1858T gene polymorphism plays a role in the pathogenesis of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) through T-lymphocyte activation.
Kinikli, Gulay +9 more
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MEFV Gene Mutations in Behçet’s Disease
Behçet's disease is a chronic inflammatory multisystemic disorder of unknown cause, characterized by orogenital ulcers, uveitis, skin lesions, vascular, locomotor, pulmoner, gastrointestinal, and central nervous system manifestations.
Fazile Hatipoğlu Erdem
doaj
Genotyping of familial Mediterranean fever gene (MEFV)-Single nucleotide polymorphism-Comparison of Nanopore with conventional Sanger sequencing. [PDF]
Schmidt J +8 more
europepmc +1 more source
Concomitance of Familial Mediterranean Fever and Gitelman syndrome in an adolescent
Gitelman syndrome is a renal tubular salt-wasting disorder characterized by hypokalemic metabolic alkalosis with hypomagnesemia and hypocalciuria. Patients occasionally have symptoms in childhood, while diagnosis is often in adulthood.
Bahriye Atmış +6 more
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Mediterranean fever gene variants modify clinical phenotypes of idiopathic multi-centric Castleman disease. [PDF]
Endo Y +5 more
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Detection and characterization of rickettsiae in Western Australia
The aim of this study was to address the shortfall in current, in-depth knowledge of Western Australian rickettsiae investigating in particular, the role of native and feral animals as reservoir hosts.
Owen, Helen Clare
core
MEFV gene mutation spectrum in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF)
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), an autosomal recessive autoinflammatory disorder, is characterized by recurrent, self-limiting fever and serositis which is frequently seen in Mediterranean populations.
Colak, A. +9 more
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