Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) in Turkey - Results of a nationwide multicenter study

Tunca, M; Akar, S; Onen, F; Ozdogan, H; KASAPÇOPUR, Özgür; Yalcinkaya, F; Tutar, E; Ozen, S; Topaloglu, R; Yilmaz, E; Arici, M; Bakkaloglu, A; Besbas, N; Akpolat, T; Dinc, A; Erken, E; Tirpan, K; Ozer, HTE; Birlik, M; Soyturk, M; Senturk, T; Balci, B; Ozguc, M; Dundar, M; Akar, E; Akar, N; Ozel, D; Gonen, S; Misirlioglu, M; Soylemezoglu, O; Gunesacar, R; Altiok, ÖZDEN; Booth, DR; Hawkins, PN; Touitou, I; Aksentijevich, I; Matzner, Y; Arslan, S; Balaban, Y; Batman, F; Bayraktar, Y; Apras, S; Calguneri, M; Duzova, A; Kav, T; Ozaltin, F; Simsek, H; Sivri, B; Tatar, G; Akkoc, N; Kavukcu, S; Soylu, A; Turkmen, M; Unsal, E; Arisoy, N; Caliskan, S; Gogus, F; Masatlioglu, S; Sever, L; Akkok, N; Cakar, N; Kara, N; Kocak, H; Ozalp, S; Bilge, I; Emre, S; Gul, A; Kamali, S; Sadikoglu, B; Selcukbiricik, F; Sirin, A; Sucu, A; Bek, K; Bulbul, M; Delibas, A; Demircin, G; Erdogan, O; Oner, A; Ekim, M; Ozkaya, N; Tekin, M; Demirkaya, E; Erdem, H; Gok, F; Pay, S; Islek, I; Kabasakal, Y; Keser, G; Ozmen, M; Akoglu, E; Atagunduz, P; Direskeneli, H; Temel, M; Tuglular, S; Buyan, N; Bakkaloglu, S; Derici, U; Goker, B; Kalman, S; Ozkaya, O; Dusunsel, R; Gunduz, Z; Poyrazoglu, MH; Korkmaz, C; Baskin, E; Koseoglu, HK; Saatci, U; Yucel, E; Coban, E; Yakupoglu, G; Oktem, F; Tunc, E; Cefle, A; Cobankara, V

doi:10.1097/01.md.0000152370.84628.0c

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) in Turkey - Results of a nationwide multicenter study

Tunca M., Akar S., Onen F., Ozdogan H., KASAPÇOPUR Ö., Yalcinkaya F., ...More

MEDICINE, vol.84, no.1, pp.1-11, 2005 (SCI-Expanded)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 84 Issue: 1
Publication Date: 2005
Doi Number: 10.1097/01.md.0000152370.84628.0c
Journal Name: MEDICINE
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.1-11
Akdeniz University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease that is prevalent among eastern Mediterranean populations, mainly non-Ashkenazi Jews, Armenians, Turks, and Arabs. Since a large proportion of all the FMF patients in the world live in Turkey, the Turkish FMF Study Group (FMF-TR) was founded to develop a patient registry database and analyze demographic, clinical, and genetic features.