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Increased frequency of MEFV gene mutations in patients with primary dysmenorrhea.
Modern rheumatology - 1 Sept 2013
Erten Sukran, Altunoglu A, Keskin H L, Ceylan G G, Yazıcı A, Dalgaci A F, Uyanık G, Avsar A F
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disease characterized by recurrent attacks of fever and polyserositis and an autosomal recessive inheritance mode. Up to 15 % of FMF patients are reported to experience perimenstrual attacks. Primary dysmenorrhea could be an incomplete abdominal attack, or patients with dysmenorrhea may have increased frequency of MEFV gene mutation carriage....
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