Familial Mediterranean Fever: Diagnosing as Early as 3 Months of Age

• Main Authors: Gonca Keskindemirci (Author), Nuray Aktay Ayaz (Author), Esin Aldemir (Author), Çiğdem Aydoğmuş (Author), Gönül Aydoğan (Author), Sultan Kavuncuoğlu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Familial Mediterranean Fever is an autosomal recessive disease. Major symptoms of disease are recurrent fever accompanied by serositis attacks. The disease is usually diagnosed before 20 years of age. Symptoms related to FMF are noted when children become more verbal, usually after 2 years of age. I...