Ocular inflammatory diseases in children with familial Mediterranean fever: a true association or a coincidence?

Pinar Ozge Avar-AydinNilgun CakarZeynep Birsin OzcakarNilufer YalcindagFatos Yalcinkaya

Published in: International ophthalmology (2021)

Increased frequency of OIDs in FMF as per the pediatric population and relapsing and chronic course of OIDs occasionally with concurrent FMF attacks suggest that this inflammatory syndrome, especially those carrying M694V mutations, may be a predisposing factor for OIDs.

Keyphrases

oxidative stress
multiple sclerosis
young adults
early onset
squamous cell carcinoma
case report
locally advanced
disease activity
optical coherence tomography