Aim and objectives of this study - To summarize the main clinical characteristics of patients with jSLE admitted and followed up in Assiut University children's Hospital. - To compare the MEFV gene mutations in patients with jSLE versus a control group of healthy children in upper-Egypt a country with a considerably high carrier rate for the MEFV gene variants. - To assess the prevalence and clinical significance of jSLE patients carrying MEFV variants and assess the impact of MEFV gene mutation on disease severity as assessed by systemic lupus erythematous disease activity index (SLEDAI). - To assess if there is a specific MEFV gene mutations that are more associated with jSLE and/or certain disease manifestations, such as serositis

NCT04645225

Conditions

1. SLE (Systemic Lupus)

Interventions

1. Device: . MEFV genetic testing

MeSH:Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic

HPO:Systemic lupus erythematosus

A connection between FMF and collagen diseases were suggested previously by multiple studies as that MEFV mutations M694V and M680I were observed to be associated with Behcet's Disease (BD), (15)Also the MEFV variants in exon 10 were suggested to affect the clinical presentation of Henoch-Schönleinpurpurain populations where FMF is common. --- M694V --- --- M680I ---