Background ‘Erysipelas-like’ erythema (ELE) is a well recognized, although uncommon, manifestation of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF), which is frequently mistaken for infectious erysipelas, especially when forming the initial disease presentation.
Aim To clinically and genetically characterize ELE as the first manifestation of FMF.
Methods FMF patients with ELE as the first disease presentation (study group), were compared with FMF patients with ELE, appearing during the disease course (control group I), and to those FMF patients who never had ELE (control group II).
Results Patients of the study group were comparable to patients without ...
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