Classical Armenian declension

Towards a Turkish-Armenian Rapprochement?

T urkish-Armenian relations have been deadlocked since Armenia gained its independence in 1991. The closed border and the lack of diplomatic ties cloud the future of bilateral relations as well as official and non-official efforts aimed at contributing to the process of normalization. However, Turkish-Armenian relations have been gaining momentum since 2002. The restoration of the Akhtamar Chur...

Armenian Information Technology Sector Industry Growth Model

The Armenian Energy Sector: Power and Politics

PW01-033 – Phenotype – genotype in Armenian children with FMF

Introduction Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is an ethnic disease for Armenian population and represents a significant health care problem. Frequency of carriers of MEFV mutations is 1:3, and the prevalence of FMF is rather high (14-100:10000). During the period between 2003 and 2012 there was a 4.5-fold increase of the total number of children with FMF. Many of these cases have severe clini...

Coexistence of PFAPA syndrome and FMF in Armenian children

Results Coexistence of FMF and PFAPA was in 10 out of 28 patients (36%). They had earlier FMF onset (mean age of 1y. 3 mo.), frequent febrile attacks of abdominal pain and/or pleuritis, pericarditis (7 out of 10 patients), aphthous stomatitis (6 patients), tonsillitis with cervical lymphadenitis (9 children), as well as marked increase of acute inflammatory markers. An average age of PFAPA mani...