References
- Miller AE. Clinical features. In: Cook SD, ed. Handbook of multiple sclerosis. 3rd ed. New York: Marcel Dekker; 2001:231–2.
- Domzal TM. Multiple sclerosis-certain clinical and diagnostic problems. Neurol Neurochir Pol 1999;32:61–4.
- Prryse WP, Costello F. The epidemiology of multiple sclerosis. In: Cook SD (ed), Handbook of Multiple Sclerosis. New York: Marcel Dekker; 2001:15–32.
- Paty DW, Noseworthy JH, Ebers GC. Diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. In: Pathy DW, Ebers GC, eds. Multiple sclerosis. Philadelphia: FA Davis; 1997:48–134.
- McDonald WI, Compston A, Edan G, Recommended diagnostic criteria for multiple sclerosis: guidelines from the International panel on the diagnosis of multiple sclerosis. Ann Neurol 2001;50:121–7.
- Confavreux C, Vukusic S, Moreau T, Adeleine P. Relapses and progression of disability in multiple sclerosis. N Engl J Med 2000;343:1430–8.
- Ben-Chetrit E, Levy M. Familial Mediterranean fever. Lancet 1998;351:659–64.
- Kisacik B, Yildirim B, Tasliyurt B, Increased frequency of familial Mediterranean fever in northern Turkey: a population-based study. Rheumatol Int 2009;29:1307–9.
- Yigit S, Bagci H, Ozkaya O, Ozdamar K, Cengiz K, Akpolat T. MEFV mutation in patients with familial Mediterranean fever in the Black Sea region of Turkey. J Rheumatol 2008;35: 106–13.
- Yılmaz E, Ozen S, Balcı M, Mutation frequency of familial Mediterranean fever and evidence for a high carrier rate in the Turkish population. Eur J Hum Genet 2001;9: 553–5.
- Akar N, Mısıroğlu M, Yalçınkaya F, MEFV mutations in Turkish patients suffering from familial Mediterranean fever. Hum Mutat 2000;15:118–9.
- Akman- Demir G, Gul A, Gurol E, Inflammatory/ demyelinating central nervous system involvement in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF): coincidence or association?. J Neurol 2006;253:928–34.
- Ihsak GE, Khoury NJ, Birjawi GA, Imaging findings of familial Mediterranean fever. Clin Imaging 2006;30: 153–9.
- Topçuoğlu MA, Karabudak R. Familial Mediterranean fever and multiple sclerosis. J Neurol 1997;240:510–4.
- Yücesan C, Canyiğit A, Türkçapar N. The coexistence familial Mediterranean fever with multiple sclerosis. Eur J Neurol 2004;11:715–7.
- Kale N, Icen M, Agaoglu J, Clustering of organ-specific autoimmunity. A case presentation of multiple sclerosis and connective tissue disorders. Neurol Sci 2008;29:471–5.
- Miller SA, Dykes DD, Polesky HF. A simple salting out procedure for extracting DNA from human nucleated cells. Nucleic Acids Res 1988;16:1215.
- Tunca M, Akar S, Onen F, Turkish FMF Study Group. Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) in Turkey: results of a nationwide multicenter study. Medicine (Baltimore) 2005;84: 1–11.
- Matzner Y, Partridge RE, Levy M, Babior BM. Diminished activity of a chemotactic inhibitor in synovial fluids from patients with familial Mediterranean fever. Blood 1984;63:629–33.
- Shinar Y, Livneh A, Villa Y, Common mutations in the FMF gene associate with rapid progression to disability in non-Ashkenazi Jewish multiple sclerosis patients. Genes and Immunity 2003:4:197–203.
- Yahalom G, Kivity S, Lidar M, Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) and multiple sclerosis: an association study in one of the world's largest FMF cohorts. Eur J Neurol 2011;18: 1146–50.
- Kümpfel T, Gerdes LA, Wacker T, Familial Mediterranean fever-associated mutation pyrin E148Q as a potential risk factor for multiple sclerosis. Multiple Sclerosis J 2012;18(9):1229–38.
- Unal A, Dursun A, Emre U, Evaluation of common mutations in the Mediterranean fever gene in multiple sclerosis patients: is it a susceptibility gene? J Neurol Sci 2010;294:38–42.
- Schwabe AD, Lehman TJ. C5a-inhibitor deficiency a role in familial Mediterranean fever?. N Eng J Med 1984;311:325–6.
- Seewann A, Enzinger C, Filippi M, Barkhof F. MRI characteristics of atypical idiopathic inflammatory demyelinating lesions of the brain: a review of reported findings. J Neurol 2008;255:1–10.