Keleş, IşıkAydin, GülümserTosun, Aliyeİnal, ElemKeles, HaticeOrkun, Sevim2020-06-252020-06-252006closedAccess0172-81721437-160Xhttps://doi.org10.1007/s00296-005-0080-5https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12587/3759The association of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) or ankylosing spondylitis (AS), most commonly with negative HLA-B27 antigen, was described in several previous reports, although the pathogenic mechanism of this association still remains unknown. Herein we report an uncommon association of FMF with HLA-B27 positive AS as an occasional coincidence in a patient who had been diagnosed as having JIA 23 years previously.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessjuvenile idiopathic arthritisAnkylosing spondylitisFamilial Mediterranean feverHLA-B27Article26984685110.1007/s00296-005-0080-52-s2.0-3374508751316307274Q1WOS:000238158300011Q3