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Mesangial proliferative glomerulonephritis in familial Mediterranean fever patient with E148Q mutation: the first case report.
International urology and nephrology - 1 Apr 2013
Eroglu Eray, Kocyigit Ismail, Ates Ozturk, Unal Aydin, Sipahioglu Murat Hayri, Akgun Hulya, Tokgoz Bulent, Oymak Oktay
Abstract excerpt
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive hereditary disease characterized by recurrent attacks of fever, usually accompanied by sterile polyserositis. Although amyloidosis is the most common renal involvement, non-amyloid renal lesions, such as glomerulonephritis, have been described in patients with FMF. In this report, we present the first case of an FMF patient with heterozygous mutation of...
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