title: A Japanese pediatric patient with coexisting systemic lupus erythematosus and familial Mediterranean fever.
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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Nihon University School of Medicine, Japan. inamo.yasuji@nihon-u.ac.jp
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inamo
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Saito
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hasegawa
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hashimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fuchigami
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nishikomori
mesh_terms: D002097:C-Reactive Protein / Q000032:analysis; D002648:Child; D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D010505:Familial Mediterranean Fever / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008180:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics; D000071198:Pyrin
chemical_list: D003598:Cytoskeletal Proteins; C000604192:MEFV protein, human; D000071198:Pyrin; D002097:C-Reactive Protein
keywords:    MEFV gene; Systemic lupus erythematosus; familial Mediterranean fever