Familial Mediterranean fever in Jordanian Children: single centre experience | Zendy

Raed Alzyoud | Zendy; Motasem Alsweiti | Zendy; Hiba Maittah | Zendy; Ehab Zreqat | Zendy; Adel Alwahadneh | Zendy; Mohammed Abu- Shukair | Zendy; Lana Habahbeh | Zendy; Mohammed Mutereen | Zendy

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Familial Mediterranean fever in Jordanian Children: single centre experience

Author(s) -

Raed Alzyoud,

Motasem Alsweiti,

Hiba Maittah,

Ehab Zreqat,

Adel Alwahadneh,

Mohammed Abu- Shukair,

Lana Habahbeh,

Mohammed Mutereen

Publication year - 2018

Publication title -

mediterranean journal of rheumatology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

ISSN - 2529-198X

DOI - 10.31138/mjr.29.4.211

Subject(s) - familial mediterranean fever , mefv , compound heterozygosity , medicine , myalgia , abdominal pain , colchicine , amyloidosis , pediatrics , genotype , disease , gene mutation , gastroenterology , mutation , genetics , biology , gene

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive autoinflammatory disorder caused by mutations in the Mediterranean Fever (MEFV) gene. The disease is especially common among Mediterranean ancestry, mostly Armenian, Turkish, Jewish and Arab populations. Our aim is to describe clinical phenotype, and genotype of FMF in the Jordanian children.

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