A Japanese pediatric patient with coexisting systemic lupus erythematosus and familial Mediterranean fever

Y Inamo; R Hayashi; K Saito; M Hasegawa; A Nakamura; K Hashimoto; T Fuchigami; R Nishikomori

doi:10.1177/0961203313497117

A Japanese pediatric patient with coexisting systemic lupus erythematosus and familial Mediterranean fever

Lupus. 2013 Sep;22(10):1056-9. doi: 10.1177/0961203313497117. Epub 2013 Jul 16.

Authors

Y Inamo¹, R Hayashi, K Saito, M Hasegawa, A Nakamura, K Hashimoto, T Fuchigami, R Nishikomori

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, Japan. inamo.yasuji@nihon-u.ac.jp

PMID: 23861027
DOI: 10.1177/0961203313497117

Abstract

This case report describes a Japanese girl with systemic lupus erythematosus who had recurrent fevers and erythema nodosum. She was later found to carry the complex allele E148Q/R202Q/P369S/R408Q of MEFV, the gene responsible for familial Mediterranean fever.

Keywords: MEFV gene; Systemic lupus erythematosus; familial Mediterranean fever.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

C-Reactive Protein / analysis
Child
Cytoskeletal Proteins / genetics
Familial Mediterranean Fever / complications*
Familial Mediterranean Fever / genetics
Female
Humans
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / complications*
Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / genetics
Pyrin

Substances

Cytoskeletal Proteins
MEFV protein, human
Pyrin
C-Reactive Protein