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Familial Mediterranean fever in Syrian children: phenotype-genotype correlation.
Rheumatology international - 1 Apr 2015
Jarjour Rami A, Al-Berrawi Sumaya
Abstract excerpt
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent attacks of serosal membranes. In this study, 103 unrelated Syrian children were included. Mutation screening of the MEditerranean FeVer gene was performed for 12 mutations. Abdominal pain was observed in 91 (88.3 %) of the patients, fever in 82 (79.6 %), arthritis in 27 (26.2 %), pleuritis in 7 (6.7.5 %), rash and...
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