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The Edification of Manuela Xiqués: Slavery, Finance, Biography, and the Construction of Modern Barcelona

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT An analysis of the dual biographies, economic and domestic, of Manuela Xiqués, an enslaver from nineteenth‐century Cuba and Spain, deepens our understanding of the role of European and Creole women in the nineteenth‐century Atlantic. This essay foregrounds the role of literature, namely family biography, as a locus of the processes of ...
Lisa Surwillo, Martín Rodrigo Alharilla
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Pseudotumor Cerebri in a Child With Familial Mediterranean Fever

The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2015
Familial Mediterranean fever is an autosomal recessive polysystemic disease characterized by attacks of relapsing and self-limiting fever, peritonitis, pleuritis and arthritis.
Faruk İNCECİK, Özlem M. HERGÜNER, Mustafa YILMAZ, Şakir ALTUNBAŞAK   +3 more
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Iflaviruses in arthropods: when small is mighty

Insect Science, EarlyView.
Many arthropod species harbor iflaviruses, which often cause covert (asymptomatic) infections, but may still affect host fitness. We review the impact of iflaviruses on arthropod fitness, immunity, behaviour as well as the iflavirus’ host range, transmission, tissue tropism and the interactions with other microorganisms within arthropods.
Annamaria Mattia, Hannah‐Isadora Huditz, Monique M. van Oers, Vera I.D. Ros   +3 more
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Renal and suprarenal insufficiency secondary to familial Mediterranean fever associated with amyloidosis: a case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2011
Introduction Familial Mediterranean fever is an autosomal recessive disease that predominantly affects people of the Mediterranean coast. One of the most frequent complications of the disease is amyloidosis.
Sari Nagehan, Erdenen Fusun, Toros Ahmet, Gokcay Serkan   +3 more
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De Stupro: First Insights on Rape and Its Prosecution in Maltese Courts (1701–10)

Journal for Eighteenth-Century Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract This article constitutes a first in‐depth investigation of rape and the prosecution of this crime in early eighteenth‐century Malta. The research, which is based on sixteen rape accusations claimed at the secular courts in Malta between 1701 and 1710, has analysed cases categorized as ‘simple rape’, ‘violent rape’ and rape committed under the ...
Vanessa Buhagiar
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Characterizing MEFV gene variants in Jordanian patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever

Human Genomics
Background Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is inherited as an autosomal recessive autoinflammatory disorder caused by mutations in the Mediterranean fever (MEFV) gene and predominantly affects populations from the Mediterranean region.
Wissam A. Alwazani, Nisreen A. Fuqaha, Zekrayat Medras, Yaqeen A. Rjoub, Kholoud Altaany   +4 more
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Two cases of periodic fever syndrome with coexistent mevalonate kinase and Mediterranean fever gene mutations

The Turkish Journal of Pediatrics, 2017
The periodic fever syndromes are autoinflammatory diseases that present with recurrent fever, serositis and rash. Familial Mediterranean fever is the most common periodic fever syndrome and characterized by recurrent attacks of fever, arthritis ...
Mustafa Çakan, Nuray Aktay-Ayaz, Gonca Keskindemirci, Şerife Gül Karadağ   +3 more
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An Atypical Skin Presentation of Adult‐Onset Still's Disease With Histological Description: A Case Report

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Adult‐onset Still's disease (AOSD) is an auto inflammatory disorder with a variable clinical presentation, and without a pathognomonic diagnostic test, characterized by high spiking fever, arthralgia/arthritis, a suggestive skin rash, elevated white blood cell count 10 G/L (> 80% neutrophils), elevated ferritin, with glycosylated ferritin < 20%
M. Nordmann, T. Mazza, S. Menzinger, G. Kaya, S. Bogiatzi, S. Vandenberghe‐Dürr, M. Blanchard, J. Stirnemann   +7 more
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Coexistence of Familial Mediterranean Fever, Behçet’s Disease and Sacroiliitis

The Turkish Journal of Gastroenterology, 2015
Familial Mediterranean fever is a genetic disorder restricted to certain ethnic groups and marked by acute attacks of serositis and the insidious development of amyloidosis.
İsmihan SUNAR, Zühre SARI SÜRMELİ, Ali Erhan ÖZDEMİREL, Ayşe Peyman YALÇIN, Şebnem ATAMAN   +4 more
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Protracted febrile myalgia syndrome as initial presentation of familial mediterranean fever in a patient of Northern European extraction thought to have ulcerative colitis

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine
Introduction: Protracted febrile myalgia syndrome is a rare vasculitic manifestation of familial Mediterranean fever that presents as the initial familial Mediterranean fever manifestation in one-third of cases.
Stephanie Ammari, Daniel Stein, Nawras Ibrahim   +2 more
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