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Overlap of familial Mediterranean fever and hyper-IgD syndrome in an Arabic kindred.
Journal of clinical immunology - 1 Apr 2015
Moussa Taha, Aladbe Buthaina, Taha Rowaida Z, Remmers Elaine F, El-Shanti Hatem, Fathalla Basil M
Abstract excerpt
Hyperimmunoglobulinemia D Syndrome (HIDS) has rarely been reported in Arabs. Moreover, the simultaneous presence of mutations in MEFV and MVK segregating in the same family is exceptional. We report an Arabic girl presenting since the age of 8-years with two patterns of recurrent episodes of fever, and associated with a spectrum of clinical features suggestive of overlap between familial Mediterranean fever (FMF)...
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