Familial Mediterranean fever in children from the Aegean region of Turkey: gene mutation frequencies and phenotype-genotype correlation
Articles > Article · 2015
Authors: Ebru Yilmaz, Nida Dincel, BETÜL SÖZERİ, Kadriye Ozdemir, İpek KAPLAN BULUT, Afig BERDELİ, MAKBULE SEVGİ MİR
TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2015, vol 45, pp 1198-1206
DOI: 10.3906/sag-1402-1
Summary
Background/aim: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is diagnosed by fever episodes with sterile peritonitis, arthritis, pleurisy, and erysipelas-like erythema. The relationship between phenotype and genotype in FMF has not been adequately explained. The aim of this study was to characterize the phenotype and genotype correlation in FMF.