A novel single variant in the MEFV gene causing Mediterranean fever and Behçet’s disease: a case report

A novel single variant in the MEFV gene causing Mediterranean fever and Behçet’s disease: a case report

Abstract Background Familial Mediterranean fever is an autoinflammatory disease of unknown etiology, characterized clinically by recurrent attacks of sudden-onset fever with arthralgia and/or thoracoabdominal pain and pathogenetically by autosomal recessive inheritance due to a mutation in the MEFV...

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Main Authors: Maria Zerkaoui, Fatima Zahra Laarabi, Yousra Ajhoun, Bouchra Chkirate, Abdelaziz Sefiani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-03-01
Series:Journal of Medical Case Reports
Subjects:
MEFV gene
Familial Mediterranean fever
Behçet’s disease
FMF-BD coexistence
Case report
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13256-017-1552-4

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