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01-11-2013 | Meeting abstract
P02-005 - Overlap of FMF and HIDS in one Arabic family
Authors:
T Moussa, B Aladbe, A Aly, R Taha, H El-Shanti, B Fathalla
Published in:
Pediatric Rheumatology
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Special Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is commonly reported in Arabs, whereas Hyper-IgD syndrome (HIDS) is rare. Moreover, the simultaneous presence of MEFV and MVK mutations segregating in the same family is exceedingly rare. We report here an Arabic family in whom a combination of complex MEFV mutations and an MVK mutation segregate producing variable clinical phenotypes. …