The influence of genotype on disease severity and concomitant diseases in familial Mediterranean fever patients

Aktas A., Karadavut M., Cansu D. U., Korkmaz C.

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY, vol.37, no.6, pp.93-97, 2019 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 37 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2019
  • Journal Name: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.93-97
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objective. To evaluate differences between the patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) with homozygous (Hom), heterozygous (Het) and compound heterozygous (cHet) MEFV mutations in terms of clinical features and severity of the disease, as well as frequency of concomitant disorders, without focusing on Exon 10 mutations.