Case Report A 14 year-old girl was admitted to the hospital with the complaints of fever, fatique and weight loss of 12 kg in 2 months duration. She had been prescribed different antibitiocis for fever. Her laboratory work-up was as follows; Hb. 7.4 gr/dl, Hct 23%, wbc 6000/mm3, Plt 231000/mm3, ESR: 112 mm/hr, C-reactive protein: 52 mg/l, differential count and bone marrow aspiration was normal...

Background: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) has episodic or subclinical inflammation that may lead to a decrease in bone mineral density (BMD). The objective of this study was to assess BMD in Egyptian children with FMF on genetic basis.Methods: A cross sectional study included 45 FMF patients and 25 control children of both sexes in the age range between 3-16 years old. The patients were re...

background: familial mediterranean fever (fmf) has episodic or subclinical inflammation that may lead to a decrease in bone mineral density (bmd). the objective of this study was to assess bmd in egyptian children with fmf on genetic basis. methods: a cross sectional study included 45 fmf patients and 25 control children of both sexes in the age range between 3-16 years old. the patients were r...

Background: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a monogenic inherited periodic syndrome presenting with episodes of self-limiting and inflammation serosal membranes. The attacks emerge arthritis were defined as one the major diagnostic criteria besides involvement Non-specific musculoskeletal findings such myalgia, arthralgia, transient synovitis, more rare manifestations like protracted febr...

Background Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is a rare autosomal recessive illness of periodic fever syndrome that primarily affects the population [1]. No single specific diagnostic test exists to accurately diagnose FMF. Testing MEFV gene primary investigation choice support diagnosis FMF [2]. Little known regarding testing within Australian cohorts. Objectives We aim describe pattern orderi...

Background Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an inherited autoinflammatory disease characterized by recurrent episodes of and serositis. Arthritis one the most common attack manifestations. in FMF usually form acute mono- or oligoarthritis large joints lower extremities. While attacks arthritis heal without causing permanent deformity, severe, long-lasting chronic can last for months even y...

BACKGROUND Traditionally, the diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) has been based on clinical manifestations and the physician's experience. Following the cloning of the gene associated with this disease (MEFV), genetic analysis of its mutations has become available, providing a new tool for the establishment or confirmation of the diagnosis of FMF. OBJECTIVES We analyzed the resul...