Familial Mediterranean Fever

Incidence and onset information

Alternative names

Familial Mediterranean Fever Is also known as benign paroxysmal peritonitis, familial paroxysmal polyserositis, benign recurrent polyserositis, polyserositis, familial paroxysmal, fmf, periodic disease, familial mediterranean fever, autosomal recessive, polyserositis, recurrent.

Researches and researchers

Doctors, researchs, and experts related to Familial Mediterranean Fever extracted from public data.

Familial Mediterranean Fever Experts map

Current Researchs and researchers

• NICOSIA — Pr Leonidas PHYLACTOU

  Responsible for diagnostic tests - Investigator of research project - Director of laboratory - Director of department
  
  

  • Institution/s:
    — The Cyprus Institute of Neurology and Genetics
  • Research area/topic::
    

    Genetic investigation of Familial Mediterranean Fever in Cypritot patients with hereditary reccurent fevers



• MONTPELLIER — Pr Isabelle TOUITOU

  Coordinator of expert centre - Clinical expert - Responsible for diagnostic tests - Investigator of research project - Manager of registry - Coordinator of research network - Director of laboratory
  
  

  • Institution/s:
    — Département Génétique Médicale, Maladies rares et médecine personnalisée, CHRU de Montpellier - Hôpital Arnaud de Villeneuve
    — Institut de Médecine Régénérative et Biothérapies, CHU de Montpellier - Hôpital Saint-Eloi
  • Research area/topic::
    

    International study group for phenotype-genotype correlation of FMF (FINISHED)



• PARIS — Pr Serge AMSELEM

  Responsible for diagnostic tests - Investigator of research project - Coordinator of research network - Director of laboratory
  
  

  • Institution/s:
    — Service de Génétique et d'Embryologie Médicales, CHU Paris Est - Hôpital d'Enfants Armand-Trousseau
    — UF de Génétique clinique et moléculaire, CHU Paris Est - Hôpital d'Enfants Armand-Trousseau
  • Research area/topic::
    

    FMFgeneToDiag : Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) and FMF-like diseases: From genetics to functional diagnostic tests - FR



• PARIS — Dr Sophie GEORGIN-LAVIALLE

  Investigator of research project - Manager of registry
  
  

  • Institution/s:
    — UF de Génétique clinique et moléculaire, CHU Paris Est - Hôpital d'Enfants Armand-Trousseau
    — Groupe Hospitalier APHP.6 - Sorbonne Université- Hôpital Tenon
  • Research area/topic::
    

    INFLAMAST: Study of mast cell involvment in autoinflammatory diseases

Familial Mediterranean Fever Recommended genes panels

Panel Name, Specifity and genes Tested/covered
Familial Mediterranean Fever. By Center for Human Genetics, Inc (United States). MEFV Specificity 100 % Genes 100 %
MEFV Deletion/duplication analysis. By Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (United States). MEFV Specificity 100 % Genes 100 %
MEFV Sequencing. By Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center Laboratory of Genetics and Genomics Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (United States). MEFV Specificity 100 % Genes 100 %
Familial Mediterranean fever. By Molecular Genetics Columbia University (United States). MEFV Specificity 100 % Genes 100 %
MEFV. By Institute for Human Genetics University Clinic Freiburg (Germany). MEFV Specificity 100 % Genes 100 %
Familial Mediterranean Fever (MEFV) Sequencing. By ARUP Laboratories, Molecular Genetics and Genomics (United States). MEFV Specificity 100 % Genes 100 %
Periodic Fever Syndromes Panel, Sequencing and Deletion/Duplication. By ARUP Laboratories, Molecular Genetics and Genomics (United States). TNFRSF1A, LPIN2, NLRP3, ELANE, MEFV, MVK, PSTPIP1 Specificity 15 % Genes 100 %
MEFV, TNFRSF1A, MVK, NLRP3. NextGeneDx.Complete sequencing by NGS. By Instituto de Medicina Genomica Instituto de Medicina Genomica (Spain). TNFRSF1A, NLRP3, MEFV, MVK Specificity 25 % Genes 100 %

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