Atypical Familial Mediterranean Fever in a Japanese Boy with Heterozygous MEFV p.Ser503Cys Exon 5 Variant

• Main Authors: Tomonobu Sato (Author), Shunichiro Takezaki (Author), Takeru Goto (Author), Shinichi Ishikawa (Author), Kazumi Oura (Author), Asuka Takahata (Author), Haruki Shiraishi (Author), Yuji Maruo (Author), Norio Sato (Author), Takashi Suganuma (Author), Makoto Mikawa (Author)
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• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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Periodic fever syndromes are heterogeneous diseases. Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is one of the hereditary periodic fever diseases caused by a Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene abnormality. FMF can be categorized as typical or atypical, based on clinical findings and genetic screening. Atypical...