Objective: To determine the cumulative effects of Mediterranean fever gene polymorphisms and mutations in patients with ınflammatory bowel diseases.
Methods: The case-control study was conducted from January, 2012, to January, 2016,at Cukurova University, Turkey, and comprised patients diagnosed with inflammatory bowel diseases and followed up at the Children Gastroenterology Department. By using molecular methods, 12 Mediterranean fevergene variants most frequently observed in the country were examined in all the diagnosed cases.