Neonatal Onset Famılıal Medıterranean Fever

AbstractObjectives: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease characterised by recurrent, self limited attacks of fever with serositis. Recently, it was shown that FMF patients with early disease onset have more severe disease. The aim of this study was to describe the demographic, clinical and genetic features of FMF patients who had disease onset during the neonatal period.Methods: Medical records of all patients diagnosed as FMF and had been seen in the outpatient clinic of Pediatric Rheumatology department between January 2013-January 2014 were retrospectively evaluated. Patients with disease onset during the first month of life were included to the study.Results: Among 317 patients; 19 (12 males) were included to the study. Approximately 60% of the patients had family history of FMF. Homozygous p.M694V mutation was detected in 42% of the cases. Thirteen patients present with attacks of fever and remaining had attacks in the form of restlessness, resembling infantile colic s...