Two sisters with familial Mediterranean fever: lack of correlation between genotype and phenotype?

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Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disorder characterized by attacks of fever and serositis. The most important complication of FMF is renal amyloidosis, which determines the prognosis. The gene coding the disease (MEFV) is identified on the 16th chromosome. The most common MEFV mutations are M694V, M680I, V726A and M694I located on exon 10 and E148Q located on exon 2. Unfortunately,...

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