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Severe outcome of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) associated with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF).
Clinical and experimental rheumatology - 1 Jan 2000
Rozenbaum M, Rosner I
Abstract excerpt
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) and Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) may involve the same population of children and be confused at times. In a cohort of 350 consecutive FMF patients followed by us, 98 had onset before 10 years of age and, of those, JIA was present in 3. All three had the M694 V mutation of the MEFV gene and were of North African ancestry. The prognosis of these 3 was extremely poor: one...
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