Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) in Turkey
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an autosomal recessive disease that is prevalent among eastern Mediterranean populations, mainly non-Ashkenazi Jews, Armenians, Turks, and Arabs. Since a large proportion of all the FMF patients in the world live in Turkey, the Turkish FMF Study Group (FMF-TR) was founded to develop a patient registry database and ...
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High prolidase levels in patients with Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) [PDF]
Abstract Introduction. Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is an autoinflammatory disease. Prolidase is a specific imidodipeptidase that plays a role in collagen degradation, and an important role in inflammation and wound healing.
Bayram, Meliha +5 more
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Familial Mediterranean Fever: Perspective and Round on Uncertainties
Introduction: Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is a hereditary periodic fever characterized by its autosomal recessive nature. The complexity of its presentation and response to treatment poses significant challenges in diagnosing and managing FMF ...
Haifa Ali Bin Dahman +2 more
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Coexistence of familial mediterranean fever and guillain barre syndrome [PDF]
Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) is the most common autoinflammatory disease characterized by recurrent episodes of abdominal pain, fever and serositis. It is more common in countries around the Mediterranean. Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS) is an acute,
İsmail Tunçekin, Murat Toprak
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Cardiac manifestations of Familial Mediterranean fever
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is autoinflammatory disorder characterized by sporadic attacks of fever, peritonitis, pleuritis, and arthritis. It is mainly seen in patients from Mediterranean origins, but it is now reported more frequently in Europe ...
Ahmad Alsarah +2 more
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Familial Mediterranean Fever in Childhood
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is the most prevalent monogenic autoinflammatory disorder, characterized by recurrent fever and serositis. It primarily affects individuals of Mediterranean descent, including Arabs, Armenians, Turks, and Jews.
Rabia Miray Kisla Ekinci +3 more
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Bases genètiques de la febre mediterrània familiar a la població espanyola, dinàmica genòmica i història natural de les mutacions al locus "MEFV" [PDF]
[cat] La febre mediterrània familiar (FMF) afecta unes 10.000 i 100.000 persones d'origen principalment àrab, armeni, turc i jueu i és caracteritza per la recurrència d'episodis autolimitats de febre i inflamació de seroses, sense una causa infecciosa ...
Aldea Tomé, Anna
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Familial Mediterranean fever: current perspectives
Hafize Emine Sönmez,* Ezgi Deniz Batu,* Seza ÖzenDepartment of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology, Hacettepe University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey *These authors contributed equally to this workAbstract: Familial Mediterranean fever (
Sönmez HE, Batu ED, Özen S
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Rescue of Eosinophilic Cardiac Tamponade by Anakinra in a Pregnant Woman With Familial Mediterranean Fever. [PDF]
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an interleukin‐1 (IL‐1)‐driven autoinflammatory disease in which pericarditis, occasionally complicated by cardiac tamponade, is a recognized manifestation, whereas hypereosinophilia is not. We report a woman in her thirties with FMF (homozygous MEFV M694V mutation) receiving colchicine 2.5 mg/day, admitted in the ...
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Familial Mediterranean Fever With Complete Symptomatic Remission During Pregnancy [PDF]
Familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) is an inherited autosomal recessive disorder, ethnically restricted and commonly found among populations surrounding the Mediterranean Sea.
Kwang Taek Kim +7 more
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