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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2018 Background Familial Mediterranean fever is an autoinflammatory disease of unknown etiology, characterized clinically by recurrent attacks of sudden-onset fever with arthralgia and/or thoracoabdominal pain and pathogenetically by autosomal recessive ...
Maria Zerkaoui +4 more
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DAPSONE AS AN ALTERNATIVE THERAPY IN CHILDREN WITH FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER [PDF]
Objective: Familial Mediterranan Fever is an hereditary autoinflammatory disease that presents with recurrent febrile attacks and poly serositis. Colchicine is the only known treatment in this diease.
جهانگیری, سپیده +2 more
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New Diseases Linked to MEFV Variants or Pyrinopathies
The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In PracticeAutoinflammatory diseases (AIDs) are characterized by dysregulation of innate immunity, leading to systemic inflammation. Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most common AID, associated with variants in exon 10 of MEFV. This gene codes for pyrin, a key protein in the inflammasome of the same name, involved in the innate immune response. Since the
Mertz, Philippe +3 more
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The Turkish Journal of PediatricsBackground. The aim of this study was to investigate whether a short exon screening consisting of selected variants could confirm the diagnosis in patients with a preliminary diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), thus providing a cost-saving ...
Betül Sözeri +3 more
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Idiopathic CRMO and MEFV Gene Variant Alleles: Is There Any Relationship?
Case Reports in Rheumatology, 2019 Background and Objective. CRMO is an inflammatory disease of bone that occurs more often in children. The clinical manifestations are intermittent fever, pain, and bone lesions, especially in long bones.
Farhad Salehzadeh +2 more
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Analysis of the genetic basis of periodic fever with aphthous stomatitis, pharyngitis, and cervical adenitis (PFAPA) syndrome. [PDF]
, 2015 PFAPA syndrome is the most common autoinflammatory syndrome in children from Western countries. In spite of its strong familial clustering, its genetic basis and inheritance pattern are still unknown.
Bedoni, N. +6 more
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Multiple Myeloma in a Patient With Familial Mediterranean Fever [PDF]
, 2017 Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent episodes of painful inflammation in the abdomen, chest, or joints. The coexistence of multiple myeloma (MM) and FMF is an extremely rare event.
Bashardoust, Bahman, Maleki, Nasrollah
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Autoinflammatory diseases: a possible cause of thrombosis? [PDF]
, 2015 Autoinflammatory diseases are a group of disorders due to acquired or hereditary disfunction of innate immune system and characterized by systemic or localized manifestations. The prototype is Familial Mediterranean Fever, a monogenic hereditary disorder,
Francesco Orlandini +2 more
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Course of COVID-19 in patients carrying different MEFV mutations of familial Mediterranean fever
Medicine ScienceFamilial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is a genetic auto-inflammatory disease. Mutations in the Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene cause inappropriate immune system triggering, leading to inflammatory episodes in the peritoneum, pleura, and joints.
Bilgehan Demir, Dogu Karahan
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MEFV gen mutation analysis in patient with idiopatic uveitis [PDF]
Introduction : FMF is an autosomal recessive disease that have high prevalence in the Mediterranean region. Common Clinical findings in FMF included abdominal pain, fever, arthritis, myalgia and pleuritis.
صالح زاده, فرهاد +2 more
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