Incidence of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) mutations among children of Mediterranean extraction with functional abdominal pain

Riva Brik; Dianna Litmanovitz; Drora Berkowitz; Raanan Shamir; Eldad Rosenthal; Marwan Shinawi; Ruth Gershoni-Baruch

doi:10.1067/mpd.2001.113357

Incidence of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) mutations among children of Mediterranean extraction with functional abdominal pain

Riva Brik, Dianna Litmanovitz, Drora Berkowitz, Raanan Shamir, Eldad Rosenthal, Marwan Shinawi, Ruth Gershoni-Baruch

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Of 59 Sephardic Jewish and Arab children in whom functional abdominal pain was diagnosed, we found that 20% were homozygote for the familial Mediterranean fever gene. Inclusion of genetic screening for familial Mediterranean fever may be advisable in the investigation of recurrent abdominal pain among children of Mediterranean extraction.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	759-762
Number of pages	4
Journal	Journal of Pediatrics
Volume	138
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1067/mpd.2001.113357
State	Published - 2001

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Incidence of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) mutations among children of Mediterranean extraction with functional abdominal pain

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