Detection of <scp>M</scp>editerranean fever gene mutations in <scp>E</scp>gyptian children with inflammatory bowel disease

Abstract

IBD patients, in populations with a high background carrier rate of MEFV variants, should be screened for MEFV gene mutations, especially those diagnosed as indeterminate colitis. Testing larger numbers of healthy Egyptian children for MEFV gene mutation is important to further determine the allele frequency in Egypt.