Abstract：
:Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a recessively inherited disorder that is common in patients of Armenian ancestry. To date, its diagnosis, which can be made only retrospectively, is one of exclusion, based entirely on nonspecific clinical signs that result from serosal inflammation and that may lead to unnecessary surgery. Renal amyloidosis, prevented by colchicine, is the most severe complication of FMF, a disorder associated with mutations in the MEFV gene. To evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic value of MEFV-gene analysis, we investigated 90 Armenian FMF patients from 77 unrelated families that were not selected through genetic-linkage analysis. Eight mutations, one of which (R408Q) is new, were found to account for 93% of the 163 independent FMF alleles, with both FMF alleles identified in 89% of the patients. In several instances, family studies provided molecular evidence for pseudodominant transmission and incomplete penetrance of the disease phenotype. The M694V homozygous genotype was found to be associated with a higher prevalence of renal amyloidosis and arthritis, compared with other genotypes (P=.0002 and P=.006, respectively). The demonstration of both the diagnostic and prognostic value of MEFV analysis and particular modes of inheritance should lead to new ways for management of FMF-including genetic counseling and therapeutic decisions in affected families.
journal_name
Am J Hum Genetjournal_title
American journal of human geneticsauthors
Cazeneuve C,Sarkisian T,Pêcheux C,Dervichian M,Nédelec B,Reinert P,Ayvazyan A,Kouyoumdjian JC,Ajrapetyan H,Delpech M,Goossens M,Dodé C,Grateau G,Amselem Sdoi
10.1086/302459subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1999-07-01 00:00:00pages
88-97issue
1eissn
0002-9297issn
1537-6605pii
S0002-9297(07)63731-8journal_volume
65pub_type
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