Familial Mediterranean Gene (MEFV) Mutation in Parents of Children with Familial Mediterranean Fever: What Are the Exceptions?

• Main Authors: Leila Shahbaznejad (Author), Sayed-Reza Raeeskarami (Author), Raheleh Assari (Author), Abbas Shakoori (Author), Hamidreza Azhideh (Author), Yahya Aghighi (Author), Fatemeh Tahghighi (Author), Vahid Ziaee (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objectives. Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is one of the most prevalent periodic fever syndromes; MEFV, the responsible gene for the disease, is in the short arm of chromosome16. In the considerable count of the FMF patients, only one mutation is found in the MEFV and parents, who were the oblig...