Article
Familial Mediterranean fever in childhood: a single-center experience.
Rheumatology international - 1 Jan 2018
Barut Kenan, Sahin Sezgin, Adrovic Amra, Sinoplu Ada Bulut, Yucel Gozde, Pamuk Gizem, Aydın Aslı Kirectepe, Dasdemir Selcuk, Turanlı Eda Tahir, Buyru Nur, Kasapcopur Ozgur
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study is to present demographic and clinical features, MEFV mutation variations, and treatment response of a large number of pediatric familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients from a single tertiary centre. Moreover, we aimed to investigate the current outcome of FMF, namely frequency of amyloidosis in children with FMF. We evaluated 708 FMF patients who were followed up in our clinic and who...
Topics
- Abdominal Pain
- Adolescent
- Amyloidosis
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Colchicine
- Familial Mediterranean Fever
- Female
- Genotype
- Humans
- Infant
- Male
- Mutation
- Pyrin
- Treatment Outcome