Late-onset disease is associated with a mild phenotype in children with familial Mediterranean fever

S Özdel, ZB Özçakar, SŞ Kunt, AH Elhan… - Clinical …, 2016 - Springer
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease, characterised by
recurrent, self-limited attacks of fever with serositis. Recently, it was shown that patients with …

Age of onset as an influencing factor for disease severity in children with familial Mediterranean fever

A Tanatar, ŞG Karadağ, M Çakan… - Modern …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To define the demographic, clinical and genetic features of familial
Mediterranean fever (FMF) patients with early disease onset and to compare them with late …

Neonatal onset familial Mediterranean fever

E Çelikel, ZB Özçakar, S Özdel, N Çakar… - Modern …, 2019 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Objectives: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease
characterised by recurrent, self-limited attacks of fever with serositis. Recently, it was shown …

[PDF][PDF] Paediatric rheumatology Familial Mediterranean fever in small children in Turkey

F Yalcinkaya, Z Özçakar, M Tanyıldız - Clin Exp Rheumatol, 2011 - clinexprheumatol.org
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 …

Familial Mediterranean fever in children presenting with attacks of fever alone

S Padeh, AVI Livneh, E Pras, Y Shinar, M Lidar… - The Journal of …, 2010 - jrheum.org
Objective. Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an inherited disease characterized by
attacks of febrile polyserositis. In children, attacks of fever alone, or with headache and …

Not easy-peasy to diagnose: familial Mediterranean fever unaccompanied by fever

SD Arık, GK Kayaalp, V Guliyeva, FG Demirkan… - European Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
Classical attacks of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) are often accompanied by fever, but
some of the patients have attacks without fever. This study aimed to compare the …

Does age at onset affect the clinical presentation of familial Mediterranean fever in children?

DG Yildirim, S Gönen, K Fidan… - JCR: Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - journals.lww.com
Methods Records of 854 patients who were diagnosed with FMF between 2006 and 2017
were evaluated. Patients were divided into 2 subgroups according to their age at disease …

Late-onset familial Mediterranean fever: single-center experience and literature review

O Aydin, BH Egeli, H Ozdogan, S Ugurlu - Internal and Emergency …, 2022 - Springer
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a hereditary, autoinflammatory disease characterized
by recurrent fever and serositis attacks. The disease onset occurs before 20 years of age in …

Evaluation of co-existing diseases in children with familial Mediterranean fever

M Yildiz, A Adrovic, E Tasdemir, K Baba-Zada… - Rheumatology …, 2020 - Springer
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is A common periodic fever syndrome. The causative
gene of the FMF is named Mediterranean Fever gene (MEFV). Increased inflammation in …

Familial Mediterranean fever–an increasingly important childhood disease in Sweden

P Wekell, V Friman, B Balci‐Peynircioglu… - Acta …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aim To characterize Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) in western Sweden,
focusing on genotype, clinical picture, prevalence and age of onset as well as time to …