Familial Mediterranean fever in small children in Turkey

Yalcinkaya F., ÖZÇAKAR Z. B., Tanyildiz M., ELHAN A. H.

CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY, vol.29, no.4, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 29 Issue: 4
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Journal Name: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Keywords: familial Mediterranean fever, small children, diagnostic delay, POPULATION, FREQUENCY, MUTATIONS, DIAGNOSIS, CRITERIA, GENE
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Objectives. Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease, characterised by recurrent, self limited attacks of fever with serositis. The aim of our study was to describe the demographic, clinical and genetic features of FMF patients who had early disease onset and to compare them with late onset patients. Our second aim was to investigate the factors associated with delay in diagnosis.