A PEDIATRIC PATIENT WITH FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER PRESENTED WITH VOMITING

ARSLAN N., Gencpinar P., Makay B., BORA E., Unsal E.

PAEDIATRIA CROATICA, cilt.56, sa.3, ss.257-259, 2012 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 56 Sayı: 3
  • Basım Tarihi: 2012
  • Dergi Adı: PAEDIATRIA CROATICA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.257-259
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: CHILD, PRESCHOOL, FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER, VOMITING, PREVALENCE, CHILDREN
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Familial Mediterranean fever is inherited as an autosomal recessive trait affecting mainly persons of Mediterranean descent, especially Arabs, Jews, Armenians and Turks. Fever peritoneal and pleural inflammation, arthritis, erysipelas-like erythema, and arthralgia are well known features of familial Mediterranean lever We herein report a three-year-old boy, who presented with vomiting and agitation attacks and was found to be a compound heterozygote for M694V/M6801 mutation of the MEFV gene.