Proceedings Of The 23Rd Paediatric Rheumatology European Society Congress: Part Two

Proceedings of the 23rd Paediatric Rheumatology European Society Congress: part one

The impact of the Eurofever criteria and the new Infevers MEFV classification in real life: results from a large international FMF cohort

INTRODUCTION: New Eurofever/PRINTO classification criteria (EPCC) for Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) and other recurrent fevers have been recently developed, together with the classification of the pathogenicity of MEFV variants. OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the impact in real life of both the EPCC and INSAID pathogenicity classification of MEFV variants in the large international Eurofever FMF cohort. METHODS: Baseline demographic, genetic and clinical data of FMF patients included in the Eurofever registry were evaluated. The EPCC and the 2018 INSAID classification for MEFV variants were applied in all eligible FMF patients. RESULTS: Since November 2009, clinical information was available …