Screening Inherited Metabolic Disorders in Patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever

Abstract

Aim: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive auto-inflammatory disease, presenting with recurrent episodes of fever and polyserositis. Mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation disorders and porphyrias can present with periodic abdominal and muscle pain. The aim of this study was to determine the inherited metabolic disorders in differential diagnoses of Turkish pediatric FMF patients.