Characteristics of patients with familial Mediterranean fever in Denmark: a retrospective nationwide register-based cohort study.

CONCLUSIONS: FMF in Denmark is rare and patients are mainly of Eastern Mediterranean ethnicity. Diagnostic delay was long but patients with exon 10 MEFV variants were diagnosed at a younger age. Prolonged diagnostic delay is probably caused by lack of FMF awareness in the Danish healthcare system.
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Source: Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology - June 30, 2020 Category: Rheumatology Authors: Mortensen SB, Hansen AE, Lundgren J, Barfod TS, Ambye L, Dunø M, Schade Larsen C, Andersen DC, Jakobsen MA, Johansen IS Tags: Scand J Rheumatol Source Type: research