Familial Mediterranean fever diagnosed by PCR

Scand J Infect Dis. 2000;32(3):334-5. doi: 10.1080/00365540050166081.

Abstract

The diagnosis of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) was, until recently, based on exclusion of diseases with related clinical signs. Now an exact diagnosis of FMF is possible by polymerase chain reaction (PCR). We report here a case with 2 different mutations in the gene responsible for FMF, thereby being a compound heterozygote (M694V/V726A).

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Cytoskeletal Proteins
  • Familial Mediterranean Fever / diagnosis*
  • Familial Mediterranean Fever / genetics*
  • Heterozygote
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mutation
  • Pedigree
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction
  • Proteins / genetics*
  • Pyrin

Substances

  • Cytoskeletal Proteins
  • MEFV protein, human
  • Proteins
  • Pyrin