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Familial Mediterranean fever in Germany: epidemiological, clinical, and genetic characteristics of a pediatric population.
European journal of pediatrics - 1 Dec 2012
Lainka E, Bielak M, Lohse P, Timmann C, Stojanov S, von Kries R, Niehues T, Neudorf U
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disease and belongs to the heterogeneous group of hereditary recurrent fever syndromes (HRFs). AIMS: The aims of the study were to determine the incidence of FMF in Germany and to describe the spectrum of pyrin mutations and the clinical characteristics in children. A prospective surveillance of children with HRF including FMF was conducted in...
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