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01-11-2013 | Meeting abstract
P01-028 – MEFV mutation in Morrocan child wuth familial Mediterranean fever
Authors:
B Chkirate, A Dibi, A Bentahila, service de Pédiatrie 4, Hôpital d'Enfants, CHU, IbnSina, Rabat, Maroc
Published in:
Pediatric Rheumatology
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Special Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
Familial Mediterranean Fever ( FMF ) is an autosomal recessive inherited disease mostly wide spread in the Mediterranean basin. It is manifested by a fever associated with paroxystic painful attacks. The prognosis is determined by the occurrence of renal amyloidosis. The purpose of our work is to establish a genotype- phenotype correlation between the MEFV gene mutation and the expression of the FMF in 10 Moroccan children. …