PEDIATRICS INTERNATIONAL, cilt.47, sa.6, ss.640-644, 2005 (SCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)
Background: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by recurrent attacks of inflammation of serosal membranes. Amyloidosis is the most severe complication of the disease The aim of this study was to explore the magnitude of the FMF problem and to describe clinical phenotypic and genotypic profile in the childhood population in Eastern Turkey.