| Literature DB >> 22790142 |
Sukran Erten1, Cahide Erzurum, Alpaslan Altunoglu.
Abstract
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an inherited disease characterized by recurrent episodes of fever and serositis. FMF is caused by mutations in the MEFV gene that encodes pyrin/marenostrin. The 5 most frequent mutations are M694V, M694I, V726A, M680I and E148Q. Here, we reported 3 FMF patients, a sister and two brothers, who have the same M694V mutation with different clinical presentations. While the sister presented with abdominal pain, one of the brothers presented with erysipelas-like erythema and the other brother with bilateral sacroiliitis. Here, we report the different clinical courses of FMF in a family carrying the same M694V mutation.Entities:
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Year: 2012 PMID: 22790142 DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.51.7537
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Intern Med ISSN: 0918-2918 Impact factor: 1.271