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Clinical and Demographic Evaluation According to MEFV Genes in Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever

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The present study examined the relationship between clinical findings and mutation analyses in children with Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) in the inner Black Sea region of Turkey. This retrospective, cross-sectional study included patients with FMF who were evaluated between 2007 and 2015. FMF was diagnosed according to the Tel Hashomer criteria. FMF mutations were analyzed using a Real-time PCR System (Roche Diagnostics, Mannheim, Germany), and patients were classified into three groups according to allele status. The most common symptom was abdominal pain (99%, n = 197). The most frequent mutations were M694V and R202Q. Chest pain was reported more often in patients homozygous for M694V (61.4%). Although fever, abdominal pain, and arthritis were more commonly observed with the M694V mutation, chest pain was the most common symptom in R202Q carriers (n = 10, 32.3%). Proteinuria was observed in 42 (21.2%) patients, frequently accompanied by the M694V mutation (28.6%). The most common mutations in children with FMF in Turkey were M694V and R202Q. Recurrent abdominal pain and arthritis/arthralgia were commonly observed in patients with M694V and R202Q mutations. Moreover, chest pain was commonly seen with the R202Q mutation. Thus, R202Q might be a disease-causing mutation in FMF patients.

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    Ergün Sönmezgöz, Samet Özer, Ali Gül, Resul Yılmaz, Tuba Kasap, Şahin Takcı & Rüveyda Gümüşer

  2. Department of Biostatistics, Gaziosmanpasa University School of Medicine, 60250, Tokat, Turkey

    Osman Demir

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Sönmezgöz, E., Özer, S., Gül, A. et al. Clinical and Demographic Evaluation According to MEFV Genes in Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever. Biochem Genet 57, 289–300 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10528-018-9889-y

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