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01-11-2013 | Meeting abstract
P01-013 – Cochlear involvement in FMF
Authors:
N Aktay Ayaz, G Keskindemirci, A Batıoglu, G Aydogan, E Aldemir, Z Donmez, O Yigit, A Akçay, S Ozen
Published in:
Pediatric Rheumatology
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Special Issue 1/2013
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Excerpt
FMF is a monogenic autoinflammatory disease with recurring episodes of fever and serositis attacks. FMF is associated with mutations in pyrin. On the other hand mutations in a molecule in the same pathway, cryopyrin, is characterized by inflammatory features involving the inner ear as well. A study has suggested the involvement of cochlea in Behçet disease, which is a polygenic autoinflamatory disease. …