Evidence-based recommendations for genetic diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever

G Giancane, NM Ter Haar, N Wulffraat… - Annals of the …, 2015 - ard.bmj.com
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a disease of early onset which can lead to significant
morbidity. In 2012, Single Hub and Access point for pediatric Rheumatology in Europe …

[HTML][HTML] The myths we believed in familial Mediterranean fever: what have we learned in the past years?

S Ozen, ED Batu - Seminars in immunopathology, 2015 - Springer
Familial Mediterranean fever is the most common monogenic periodic fever syndrome over
the world especially in the eastern Mediterranean. It presents with recurrent and self-limited …

Familial Mediterranean fever without MEFV mutations: a case–control study

I Ben-Zvi, C Herskovizh, O Kukuy, Y Kassel… - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Background Although familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) was originally defined as
an autosomal recessive disorder, approximately 10–20% of FMF patients do not carry any …

[HTML][HTML] Predictors of AA amyloidosis in familial Mediterranean fever

NA Mukhin, LV Kozlovskaya, MV Bogdanova… - Rheumatology …, 2015 - Springer
The aim of the study was to evaluate the clinical and genetic predictors of AA amyloidosis in
patients with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF). We retrospectively studied 170 Armenian …

Risk factors for AA amyloidosis in Germany

N Blank, U Hegenbart, P Lohse, J Beimler, C Röcken… - Amyloid, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Objective: To identify risk factors for serum amyloid-A (AA) amyloidosis in patients living in
Germany. Methods: Clinical and genetic data were obtained from 71 patients with AA …

[HTML][HTML] The labyrinth of autoinflammatory disorders: a snapshot on the activity of a third-level center in Italy

L Cantarini, A Vitale, OM Lucherini, C De Clemente… - Clinical …, 2015 - Springer
Autoinflammatory disorders (AIDs) are a novel class of diseases elicited by mutations in
genes regulating the homeostasis of innate immune complexes, named inflammasomes …

Association between colchicine resistance and vitamin D in familial Mediterranean fever

I Ozer, T Mete, O Turkeli Sezer, G Kolbasi Ozgen… - Renal failure, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Although colchicines are the only effective treatment of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF),
resistance to colchicines (CR) which is observed in up to 30% of the patients is still a …

Familial Mediterranean fever in children from the Aegean region of Turkey: gene mutation frequencies and phenotype? genotype correlation

E Yilmaz, N Dincel, B Sözeri… - Turkish Journal of …, 2015 - journals.tubitak.gov.tr
Background/aim: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is diagnosed by fever episodes with
sterile peritonitis, arthritis, pleurisy, and erysipelas-like erythema. The relationship between …

Study of the association of IL-1β and IL-1RA gene polymorphisms with occurrence and severity of Familial Mediterranean fever

JN Ibrahim, E Chouery, JC Lecron… - European journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a recessive autoinflammatory disorder. The balance
between the pro-inflammatory cytokine IL-1β and its receptor antagonist IL-1RA plays an …

Cochlear functions in children with familial Mediterranean fever: any role of the severity of the disease?

G Keskindemirci, NA Ayaz, A Batıoğlu-Karaaltın… - International Journal of …, 2015 - Elsevier
Objectives The aim of the study was to compare the cochlear functions of children
diagnosed with familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) with healthy controls and to determine …