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See Latest ArticlesDoes breast-feeding affect severity of familial Mediterranean fever?
Clinical Rheumatology, 08/27/09
Makay B et al. – Breast feeding is not an exogenous factor having an influence on phenotype of FMF. The M694V genotype seems to cause more severe disease.
Methods- Data was collected by questionnaire by 81 mothers of FMF patients
- 15 patients had mild, 49 patients had moderate, and 17 patients had severe disease
- All the patients except 4 were breast fed
- The duration of breast feeding was similar between the groups of different severities
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